In the present Short Note, we report a synthesis for the title compound, N-(9,10-dioxo-9,10-dihydroanthracen-1-yl)-2-methylbenzamide by reacting 2-methylbenzoyl chloride (or 2-methylbenzoic acid) with 1-aminoanthraquinone. The synthesized target compound was fully characterized by various spectroscopic methods (1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, IR, GC-MS). The importance of this compound lies its possession of an N,O-bidentate directing group, potentially suitable for metal-catalyzed C-H bond functionalization reactions.

A novel design-based removable N,O-bidentate directing group based on cheap and commercially available 4-aminoantipyrine (AAP) is reported. Aromatic AP amides bearing 4-aminoantipyrine underwent efficient Ru-catalyzed C(sp 2 )À H arylation using [RuCl 2 (PPh 3 ) 3 ] as a catalyst and aryl bromides as electrophiles. The novel bidentate directing group enabled the CÀ H functionalization reaction with good scope, good functional group tolerance and in decent yields.