N-(2-aminoethyl)acetamide → HCID 19095279, compound

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3-(1,3-Dioxolan-2yl)-4'-methylpropiophenone (10.2 g) was dissolved in 20 ml of acetic acid and added under argon and while stirring to a solution of 9.4 g of N-acetylethylenediamine in 100 ml of acetic acid. The reaction mixture was heated to reflux overnight, the acetic acid was subsequently removed in a vacuum. The residue was taken up in 200 ml of methylene chloride and washed with a mixture of 100 ml of saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution and 150 ml of 2N sodium hydroxide solution. The aqueous phase was back-extracted twice with 100 ml of methylene chloride each time. The organic phases were combined, dried with MgSO4 and freed from solvent. The residue, 14.0 g of dark brown oil were chromatographed on 550 g of silica gel with ethyl acetate/hexane (2:1) as the eluent. 7.8 g (70%) of N-[2-(2-p-tolylpyrrol-1-yl)ethyl]acetamide were isolated as a brown oil. MS: m/e=242 (M+).

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