4-(benzyloxy)-N-propylbutanamide → N-[4-(benzyloxy)butyl]-N-propylamine

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To an ice-cold, stirred mixture of 4-(benzyloxy)-N-propylbutanamide (2.59 g, 11.0 mmol) in THF (8 mL) is added lithium aluminum hydride (0.54 g, 14.3 mmol). The reaction mixture is heated to 40–50 degrees C. for 5 hours. The cooled reaction mixture is quenched with water (0.5 mL), sodium hydroxide (2 N, 1.0 mL), and saline (0.5 mL) then diluted with ether (30 mL). The precipitate that formed is filtered off, and the ether phase dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to give N-[4-(benzyloxy)butyl]-N-propylamine (2.41 g), APCI-MS (m/z): 222 [M+H]+.

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