Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 3-diisopropylaminopropionate

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Ethyl 3-diisopropylaminopropionate may be obtained in the following manner: ethyl 3-bromopropionate (18.1 g) is introduced dropwise in the course of 30 minutes into a solution of diisopropylamine (28.5 cc) and ethanol (40 cc) maintained at a temperature of 25° C. The suspension obtained is heated to reflux for 4 hours. After being cooled, the reaction mixture is taken up with water (100 cc) and 4N aqueous hydrochloric acid solution (70 cc). After the mixture is washed with ethyl ether (100 cc), it is alkalinized to a pH in the region of 9 with 4N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. The oil formed is extracted with methylene chloride (3×150 cc). After being washed with water (2×100 cc) and dried, the methylene chloride solution obtained is concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure (2.7 kPa) at 40° C. Ethyl 3-diisopropylaminopropionate (11.6 g) is thereby obtained in the form of an oil, which is employed in the crude state in the subsequent syntheses.

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