Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 13605832, compound

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Reaction Steps

17.5 g of 6-acetoxy-2-(4-aminophenoxymethyl)-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman (prepared as described in Preparation 50) were dissolved in a mixture of 130 ml of acetone and 30 ml of water. 13 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid, and then 8.5 ml of water containing 4.3 g of sodium nitrite, was added dropwise to this solution in an ice bath. A further 37.3 ml of ethyl acrylate were then added dropwise, and then the reaction mixture was heated to 40°-43° C.; at this temperature, 680 mg of cuprous oxide were added slowly. After about 30 minutes, nitrogen generation finished. The reaction mixture, which had separated into two layers, was mixed with benzene to extract the organic layer. The benzene extract was washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off and the resulting dark brown oil was subjected to silica gel column chromatography. After the first elution with a 1:1 by volume mixture of benzene and cyclohexane, the title compound was obtained from the next elution with a 2:1 by volume mixture of benzene and cyclohexane and from the subsequent elution with benzene alone.

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