o-Desmethyl metoclopramide → 4-Amino-5-chloro-N-(2-diethylamino-ethyl)-2-(1-ethyl-2-oxo-propoxy)-benzamide

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A solution of the tetrabutylammonium salt of 4-amino-5- chloro-N-[2-(diethylamino)ethyl]-2-hydroxybenzamide (10.5 g, 20 mmoles) (from Preparation No. 3) in acetonitrile (150 ml) was treated with 3-bromo-2-pentanone (3.3 g of 80%, 20 mmoles, contaminated with 15% of 1-bromo-2-pentanone) [obtained according to the procedure of E. T. Borrows, D. O. Holland and J. Kenyon, J. Chem. Soc. 1083, (1946)]. After 3 hours, the solvent was evaporated and the residue partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic phase was washed with water, dried, and the solvent evaporated. The semisolid residue was triturated with ether to yield a solid which was recrystallized from etherpetroleum ether to yield 1.5 g of the title compound, mp. 75°-78°. The NMR spectrum (90 MHz) in CDCl3 gave the following resonances: δ8.26 (s, 1H); 8.14 (bs, 1H); 6.1 (s, 1H); 4.5 (t, 1H); 4.4 (s, 2H); 3.69 (q, 2H); 2.64 (m, 6 H); 2.1 (s, 3H); 2.1-1.7 (m, 2H); 1.05 (m, 9H).

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