Isovaleryl chloride → 3-(Isovaleryloxy)-4-(2-chloro-3-methoxy-4-methylbenzoyloxy)phenyl isopropylaminomethyl ketone

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Following a procedure similar to that described in Example 2A above, when 3-hydroxy-4-(2-chloro-3-methoxy-4-methylbenzoyloxy)phenyl isopropylaminomethyl ketone is interacted with one equivalent of sodium methoxide and the resulting sodium phenolate salt is reacted with isovaleryl chloride there is obtained 3-(isovaleryloxy)-4-(2-chloro-3-methoxy-4-methylbenzoyloxy)phenyl isopropylaminomethyl ketone; and by interaction of this base with hydrochloric acid there is obtained the hydrochloride salt. When this hydrochloride is catalytically hydrogenated, using a procedure similar to that described above in Example 2B, there is obtained 3-(isovaleryloxy)-4-(2-chloro-3-methoxy-4-methylbenzoyloxy)-alpha-(isopropylaminomethyl)benzyl alcohol hydrochloride.

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