Abstract2‐Chloro‐N‐(ethoxymethyl)‐N‐(2‐ethyl‐6‐methylphenyl)acetamide (the chloroacetanilide herbicide acetochlor) and 3‐(dichloroacetyl)‐ 2,2,5‐trimethyl‐1,3‐oxazolidine (the dichloroacetamide safener R‐ 29148) are required at high specific activity for studies on their metabolism and mode of action. [phenyl‐4‐3H]Acetochlor was obtained at 22 Ci/mmol in 71% yield by reductive dehalogenation of iodoacetochlor with tritium gas in ethanol in the presence of palladium on carbon and triethylamine. [2,2‐dimethyl‐3H]R‐29148 was prepared at 15 Ci/mmol by treating acetone and 1‐amino‐2‐propanol in pentane with two equivalents of NaOH in tritiated water (i.e. hydroxide ion‐catalyzed enolization of acetone) followed by dichloroacetyl chloride.
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