Water → N-(2-fluoro-4-chloro-5-cyclopentyloxyphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide

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A solution of 2-fluoro-4-chloro-5-cyclopentyloxyaniline (0.50 g, 2.18 mmol) and 3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalic anhydride (0.398 g, 2.61 mmol) in acetic acid (3.0 ml) was stirred for 3 hours under refluxing. Water (20 ml) was added to the resulting reaction mixture, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (20 ml×3 times). The organic layer was dried, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The resulting pale yellow oily substance was purified by silica gel column chromatography (development solvent: hexane/ethyl acetate=8/1) to obtain N-(2-fluoro-4-chloro-5-cyclopentyloxyphenyl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydrophthalimide as a colorless transparent oily substance (0.513 g, 1.41 mmol, 65% yield). Ethanol (1.0 ml) was added thereto for recrystallization to obtain the product as a white solid.

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