Hydrochloric Acid → 3-Bromo-N-methyl-5-nitrobenzamide

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A suspension of 3-bromo-5-nitrobenzoic acid (7.10 g, 28.9 mmol) in dichloromethane (50 mL) was treated with oxalyl chloride (5.04 mL, 57.7 mmol) and a few drops of N,N-dimethylformamide, producing gas evolution. After 2 hours, the mixture was concentrated to give an oil, which was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran and added dropwise to a stirred solution of methylamine in tetrahydrofuran (2.0 M, 28.9 mL, 57.7 mmol) at 0° C. After stirring overnight, the mixture was treated with water, ethyl acetate and 0.2 N aqueous hydrochloric acid. The layers were separated after mixing, and the organic phase was washed with 0.2 N aqueous hydrochloric acid, then with saturated aqueous sulfate and concentrated under vacuum to provide a yellow solid (7.0 g, 94%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ9.92 (m, 1H), 8.64 (s, 1H), 8.53 (s, 1H), 8.43 (s, 1H), 2.81 (d, J=7 Hz, 3H).

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