Acetonitrile → HCID 86710681, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 250 mL round bottom flask containing acetonitrile (18.7 mL) was added tert-butyl 4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenethylcarbamate (1.0 g, 3.74 mmol), 2-bromopropane (0.51 g, 4.11 mmol), and potassium carbonate (1.5 g, 11.22 mmol). The resulting suspension was stirred at 65° C. for 18 hours. A second addition of 2-bromopropane (0.51 g, 4.11 mmol) was performed and heating was continued for another 18 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated reaction in vacuo. The resulting oil was dissolved in EtOAc and washed with H2O, aqeuous saturated sodium bicarbonate and brine, then dried with sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by silica gel chromatography (0-100% EtOAc in Heptane) to afford tert-butyl 4-isopropoxy-3-methoxyphenethylcarbamate (0.81 g). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 6.84 (d, J=8.03 Hz, 1H), 6.67-6.75 (m, 2H), 4.37-4.70 (m, 2H), 3.86 (s, 3H), 3.27-3.46 (m, 2H), 2.68-2.81 (m, 2H), 1.45 (s, 9H), 1.37 (d, J=6.02 Hz, 6H).

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