Ethyl 4-bromobutyrate → Ethyl 4-(6-methoxybiphenyl-3-yl)aminobutyrate

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Reaction Steps

29.5 g of 5-amino-2-methoxybiphenyl, 19.2 g of ethyldiisopropylamine and 28.9 g of ethyl 4-bromobutyrate are heated together (while stirring) for 4 hours at 125°. After cooling, the resulting reaction product is stirred with diethyl ether and filtered from the precipitated salt. The residue (remaining after evaporating off the ether) is recrystallized from isopropyl alcohol to obtain 22.5 g (48.5% of theory) of ethyl 4-(6-methoxybiphenyl-3-yl)amiobutyrate, MP 71° to 72.

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