Water → 4-[4-(3-Dimethylamino-benzoylamino)-phenyl]-butyric acid ethyl ester

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A solution of 3-dimethylaminobenzoyl chloride (0.19 g, 1.01 mmol) in THF (6 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of 4-(4-aminophenyl)butyric acid ethyl ester (0.26 g, 1.24 mmol) and triethylamine (0.31 g, 3.11 mmol) in THF (8 ml) under ice cooling. The reaction solution was stirred at room temperature for 8 hours, then added with water, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and saturated brine, then dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=15:1) to obtain 4-[4-(3-dimethylamino-benzoylamino)-phenyl]-butyric acid ethyl ester as a brown oily substance (0.36 g, yield: 97.5%).

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