Water → 2-(2-(Dibenzylamino)ethoxy)ethanol

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A mixture of 50 g (475.56 mmol) of 2-(2-amino-ethoxy)-ethanol and 144.6 g (1.046 mol) of potassium carbonate in 600 ml of ethanol/60 ml of water is heated to 60° C. 178.95 g (1.046 mol) of benzyl bromide is instilled in this mixture within 1 hour and then refluxed for 2 hours. It is concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum, the residue is taken up with 1 l of dichloromethane and filtered off from the salts. The filtrate is concentrated by evaporation in a vacuum and purified by flash chromatography on silica gel. (Mobile solvent: dichloromethane/hexane/acetone: 10/5/1)

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