Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 22675472, compound

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Ethyl 4-[N-(2-benzyloxybenzylcarbonyl)-N-ethylamino]benzoate (8.1 g) was dissolved in THF (20 ml) and IM borane tetrahydrofuran complex added. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 1 hour and cooled. 2N Hydrochloric acid (20 ml) was added. The volume of the reaction mixture was reduced to half the original by evaporation. Water (100 ml) was added and made basic (pH 8) by the addition of solid potassium carbonate and the mixture extracted with diethyl ether (3×30 ml). The combined extracts were dried over MgSO4 and evaporated. The residue was purified by MPLC, eluting with 1:1 dichloromethane/hexane, to give ethyl 4-[N-(2-(2-benzyloxyphenyl)ethyl)-N-ethylamino]benzoate (1.8 g) m.p. 76° C.

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