Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(2-Aminophenyl)-3-methylbutan-1-one

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At reflux, a solution of 29.5 g (0.25 mol) of anthranilonitrile in 150 ml of tetrahydrofuran is added dropwise to a suspension comprising 18.2 g (0.75 mmol) of magnesium, 375 ml of a 2 M solution of isobutylmagnesium bromide in tetrahydrofuran and 15 ml of diethyl ether. After 5 h of heating under reflux, 100 ml of water are, at 0° C., added to the reaction mixture, and the pH is adjusted to 6 using hydrochloric acid. The organic phase is washed with water and dried over magnesium sulphate. Concentration under reduced pressure and purification on silica gel (mobile phase: petroleum ether/acetonitrile 95:5) gives 11.0 g (25% of theory) of 1-(2-aminophenyl)-3-methylbutan-1-one of logP (pH 2.3)=2.89.

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