Water → HCID 4100598, compound

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Pivaloyl chloride (120 g, 1 mol) was added dropwise at ambient temperature to a stirred solution of 2-methoxyaniline (123 g, 1 mol) and triethylamine (111 g, 1.1 mol) in 1,4-dioxane (1200 ml), the mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 hours, then it was poured into water (3000 ml). The product was extracted into ethyl acetate (3×300 ml), then the combined extracts were dried (MgSO4) and the solvents were removed in vacuo to give N-(2-methoxyphenyl)pivalamide (198 g; 96%) as a low-melting solid which was used without further purification.

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