Maximum quantity allowed is 999
We are proud to introduce the condensation reaction of benzoic acid and benzylamine using 2,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylboronic acid as a catalyst. The reaction produces water only as a by-product. The catalyst can be removed by a partition with basic water solution.
To a solution of benzoic acid (122 mg, 1.0 mmol) and benzylamine (107 mg, 1.0 mmol) in fluorobenzene (5 mL) was added molecular sieves 3A (2 g) at room temperature. After that 2,4-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenylboronic acid (13 mg, 0.05 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture and stirred at reflux temperature for 24 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered on celite pad and washed with EtOAc. The filtrate was washed with 2 mol/L HCl aq. (30 mL), saturated NaHCO3 aq. (30 mL), and brine (30 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and filtered. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure to give N-benzylbenzamide as a white solid (135 mg, 64% yield).
The reaction mixture was monitored by LC.
N-benzylbenzamide
1H NMR (270 MHz, DMSO-d6); δ 9.05 (brt, 1H, J = 5.4 Hz), 7.90 (dd, 1H, J = 7.3, 1.6 Hz), 7.56-7.44 (m, 3H), 7.36-7.32 (m, 4H), 7.25 (q, 1H, J = 7.3 Hz).
