Acetic Anhydride → N-(3-fluoro-2-methylphenyl)acetamide

HRID 751145Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 751145 reaction equation
[F:1][C:2]1[C:3]([CH3:9])=[C:4]([CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1)[NH2:5].[C:10](OC(=O)C)(=[O:12])[CH3:11]>CCO>[F:1][C:2]1[C:3]([CH3:9])=[C:4]([NH:5][C:10](=[O:12])[CH3:11])[CH:6]=[CH:7][CH:8]=1

Participants

4

Reactant 2

HCID 7918Acetic AnhydrideHCID 2855533-Fluoro-2-methylaniline

Product 1

HCID 1489284N-(3-fluoro-2-methylphenyl)acetamideYield 99.9%

Reagents, catalysts & solvents 1

HCID 702EthanolSolvent

Procedure

To a solution of 3-fluoro-2-methylaniline (2.65 g, 21.2 mmol) in EtOH (25 mL) at 0° C. was added acetic anhydride (2.60 g, 25.5 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt overnight then concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (3.54 g). LCMS: m/z 168 [M+H]+

Workup

  1. concentrationthen concentrated under reduced pressure

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-bf14e746a1634611961a1369b5826538
Source dataset
uspto-grants-2008_07
Patent number
US07405234B2

Reaction notes

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