Methanol → N-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl]-1,3,3-trimethyl-5-oxoprolinamide

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To a solution of (2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl isocyanide (0.094 g, 0.5 mmol) and 3,3-dimethyl-4-oxobutanoic acid (0.065 mg, 0.5 mmol, prepared as described below) in methanol (2 ml) was added methylamine (0.080 ml, 33% solution in ethanol). The mixture was heated to 100° C. for 30 minutes in a microwave reactor. The solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue was purified by mass-directed automated HPLC to give a colourless gum which was triturated with diethyl ether to give N-[(2,4-dichlorophenyl)methyl]-1,3,3-trimethyl-5-oxoprolinamide (0.043 g) as a sticky white solid.

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