Acetamide → Methyl 5-acetamido-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)nicotinate

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of methyl 5-chloro-6-(2,2,2-trifluoroethoxy)nicotinate (3.08 g, 11.4 mmol, Step-1), acetamide (0.70 mL, 13.7 mmol), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.73 g, 0.80 mmol), potassium phosphate (7.27 g, 34.3 mmol) and 2-di-tert-butylphosphino-2′,4′,6′-triisopropylbiphenyl (0.34 g, 0.800 mmol) in tert-butyl alcohol (114 mL) is stirred for 3 hours at 110° C. The reaction mixture is poured into water and extricated with ethyl acetate and dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue is purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with n-hexane/ethyl acetate (3:1 to 1:1) to give 0.59 g (18% yield) of the title compound as a white solid.

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