Aniline → 2-Amino-6-methyl-N-phenylbenzamide

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Thionyl chloride (14.5 mL, 198 mmol) was added to a solution of 2-amino-6-methylbenzoic acid (10.0 g, 66.1 mmol) in benzene (250 mL). The resulting suspension was heated to reflux and stirred overnight. After cooling, the reaction was concentrated in vacuo, and the resulting residue was dissolved in chloroform (300 mL). Aniline (15 mL, 165 mmol) was added, and the mixture heated to reflux. After three hours, the reaction was allowed to cool and the resulting suspension was filtered. The filtrate was subjected to flash chromatography, and the crude product recrystallized from isopropanol to provide compound 15 as a yellow crystalline solid. MS (ES): m/z 227 (M+H), 134. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 10.26 (s, 1H), 7.75 (d, 2H, J=7.9 Hz), 7.32 (t, 2H, J=7.8 Hz), 7.07 (t, 1H, J=7.3 Hz), 7.00 (t, 1H, J=7.8 Hz), 6.58 (d, 1H, J=8.1 Hz), 6.46 (d, 1H, J=7.4 Hz), 4.98 (br. s, 2H), 2.21 (s, 3H). The reaction described above and compound 15 are shown below.

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