Acetic Anhydride → 1-Acetamido-5,6,7,8-tetrahydronaphthalene

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of commercially available 5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-naphthylamine (2 g, 14 mmol) in EtOH (5 mL) at rt was slowly added acetic anhydride (1.28 mL, 13.6 mmol). After addition, the reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 5 min. The resulting suspension was filtered, the collected solid washed with hexane (5×) and dried under vacuum to furnish the title compound (2.5 g) as an off-white solid.

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