2-Methyl-4-methoxyaniline → N-(4-Methoxy-2-methylphenyl)-acetamide

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Acetic anhydride (50 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of 4-methoxy-2-methylaniline (49.7 g, 360mmol) in DMA (200 ml) at 5° C. and the mixture stirred for 4.5 hours at ambient temperature. The solvent was removed by evaporation and the resulting solid washed with water and dried under vacuum to give N-(4-methoxy-2-methylphenyl)acetamide (57.3 g, 88%).

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