Water → tert-Butyl 7-ethoxynaphthalen-1-ylcarbamate

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Next, to a mixture of tert-butyl (7-hydroxy-1-naphthyl)carbamate (64.0 g, 247 mmol) and Cesium carbonate (161 g, 493 mmol) in 300 ml of anhydrous DMF was added iodoethane (42.3 g, 272 mmol) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 2 hours. Water was added to the mixture, and the product was extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. To the obtained residue was added diisopropyl ether and the precipitate was collected and dried to afford tert-butyl (7-ethoxy-1-naphthyl)carbamate (47.9 g, 67.5% yield).

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