Water → HCID 21519282, compound

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Reaction Steps

1-(2-Dimethylamino-1-methylethyl)-2-(p-hydroxyphenyl)-cyclohexanol (Example XXX) (5.6 g) in 50 ml dimethylformamide is treated with 3.8 g benzyl chloride and 6 g potassium carbonate and stirred 3 hours at 90°. The mixture is cooled, 200 ml water added and extracted with 7×50 ml ethyl acetate. The extract is washed with water, dried and concentrated. The residue is dissolved in 65 ml ethyl acetate and acidified with HCl gas to give 5.7 g product, m. 253°-4°.

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