Ethyl Acetate → N-[2-chloro-5-(3-dimethylamino-acryloyl)-phenyl]-N-methyl-methanesulfonamide

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1.0 g (4.04 mmol) of N-(5-acetyl-2-chloro-phenyl)-methanesulfonamide were dissolved in 10 ml of dry N,N-dimethylformamide and 2.69 ml (2.41 g) (20.19 mmol) of N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal. The resultant solution was refluxed for 2 hours. The solvent and the excess of volatile reagent was removed by reduced pressure distillation to yield an oil which, in the presence of ethyl acetate, gave 1.04 of a crude. It was chromatographied (silica gel) using ethyl acetate/2-propanol as eluent. 0.51 g of N-[2-chloro-5-(3-dimethylamino-acryloyl)-phenyl]-N-methyl-methanesulfonamide as a yellowish-white solid were obtained (yield 40%).

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