Toluene → Fluoxetine

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Reaktionsschritte

A mixture of 4.0 g (0.0357 mol) potassium t-butoxide, 30 ml of N-methylpyrrolidone, 5.0 g (0.0303 mol) of 1-phenyl-3-N-methylaminopropan-1-ol and 7.4 g (0.0410 mol) of 1-chloro-4-trifluoromethylbenzene was heated to 140° C. and the reaction mixture was agitated at this temperature for 3 hours. The mixture was then cooled to 20°-25° C. and 40 ml of toluene and 60 ml of water were added. The layers were separated and water-phase was extracted with 40 ml of toluene. The combined toluene-phases were washed four times with 20 ml of water. Toluene was evaporated under reduced pressure yielding 7.19 g of the product.

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