N-Methoxy-N-methylacetamide → 1-(1-(4-vinylphenyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)ethanone

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To a stirred solution of 1-(4-vinyl-phenyl)-1H-[1,2,4]triazole (1 g, 5.8 mmol) in 25 mL of THF, was added n-BuLi (0.37 g, 5.8 mmol) at −78° C. and stirred for 30 min To this N-methoxy-N-methyl acetamide in THF (0.66 g, 6.4 mmol) was added and the resultant reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 16 h. The reaction mixture was quenched with a saturated aqueous NH4Cl solution and extracted with EtOAc (3×50 mL). The combined EtOAc layer was washed with brine and dried over sodium sulphate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude compound was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 100-200 mesh, 40% EtOAc in Pet ether) to afford the title compound as an off white solid (280 mg, 23%): mp 97-98° C.; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.10 (s, 1H), 7.50 (d, 2H), 7.38 (d, 2H), 6.68 (dd, 1H), 5.85 (d, 1H), 5.38 (d, 1H), 2.75 (s, 3H); ESIMS m/z 214.14 ([M+H]+).

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