Retinoyl chloride → Retinamide

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Reaction Steps

10 g (0.031 mole) of retinoic acid chloride as prepared according to the procedure described in Example 2 was added to the mixture of 300 ml of ammonia water (35%) and 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran and then stirred at room temperature for 20 hours. The reaction solution was distilled under reduced pressure and then concentrated. The residue was extracted with methylene chloride. The organic layer was separated, washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and then distilled under reduced pressure to obtain 9.43 g (Yield 99%) of the desired retinamide.

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