Diethylamine → N,N-Diethyl-2-(3-methoxy-4-nitrophenoxy)ethylamine

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4-(2-Chloroethoxy)-2-methoxy-1-nitrobenzene (0.22 g, 0.9 mmol) was dissolved in acetonitrile (1 ml). Diethylamine (0.14 ml, 2.6 mmol) and potassium carbonate (0.31 g, 2.2 mmol) were added and the reaction was heated in a sealed pressure tube to 80° C. for 20 h. The reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, then washed with 1M sodium hydroxide and brine, then dried over sodium sulfate. Evaporation of the solvent under reduced pressure gave the title compound as a brown oil.

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