Sodium Iodide → Methyl 3-(6-nitro-2,3-dihydrobenz-1,4-oxazin-4-ylmethyl)benzoate

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A mixture of 6-nitro-2,3-dihydrobenz-1,4-oxazine (0.45 g.), methyl 3-bromomethylbenzoate* (Y) (0.58 g.), potassium carbonate (0.35 g.), and sodium iodide (0.38 g.) in dry 2-butanone (25 ml.) was stirred and heated under reflux for 48 hours. The cooled reaction mixture was filtered, the filter cake washed with 2-butanone, and the combined filtrate evaporated. The product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 5:95 v/v ethyl acetate:toluene to give methyl 3-(6-nitro-2,3-dihydrobenz-1,4-oxazin-4-ylmethyl)benzoate (0.7 g., 85%) as a yellow oil; partial NMR (80 MHz, CDCl3): 3.5(m,2H, N.CH2.CH2O) 3.9(s,3H, OMe); 4.3(m,2H, N.CH2.CH2O); 4.6(s,2H, NCH2Ar).

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