Toluene → 4-(3-(Benzyloxy)phenyl)morpholine

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Reaction Steps

526 mg (2.0 mmol) of 1-(benzyloxy)-3-bromobenzene, 209 μl (2.4 mmol) of morpholine, 283 mg (2.8 mmol) of sodium t-butoxide, 9 mg (0.005 mmol) of tris(dibenzylidine acetone)dipalladium(0) and 19 mg (0.015 mmol) of (±)-BINAP were placed in a flask, 5 ml of toluene was added thereto, and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 20 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, 20 ml of ethyl acetate was added thereto, and filtered through Cellite. The resulting filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure, and the residue was subjected to column chromatography using 30% ethyl acetate/hexane as an eluent to obtain 430 mg (yield 80%) of 4-(3-(benzyloxy)phenyl)morpholine.

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