Morpholine → Methyl 2-chloro-4-morpholin-4-ylbenzoate

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A mixture of 2-chloro-4-fluoro-benzoic acid methyl ester (3.51 g, 18.6 mmol), morpholine (1.95 mL, 22.3 mmol) and potassium carbonate (5.12 g, 37.1 mmol) in N-methylpyrrolidinone (20 mL) was stirred at 120° C. for 5 h. The reaction was cooled, diluted with ethyl acetate and filtered through Celite. The filtrate was washed four times with water, once with brine, was dried (sodium sulfate) and evaporated. Purification by flash chromatography (SiO2) eluted with 2:8 ethyl acetate:hexanes to provide 2-chloro-4-morpholin-4-yl-benzoic acid methyl ester (3.08 g, 65% yield) as a white solid. 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) 7.79 (d, 1H), 6.81 (d, 1H), 6.67 (dd, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.78 (m, 4H), 3.20 (m, 4H) ppm; MS (FIA) 256.1 (M+H); HPLC (Method A) 3.275 min.

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