Potassium Hydroxide → 7-{4-[(2-Cyclopropyl-ethylamino)-methyl]-2-fluoro-phenoxy}-2,2-dimethyl-benzo[1,3]dioxin-4-one

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4-(2,2-Dimethyl-4-oxo-4H-benzo[1,3]dioxin-7-yloxy)-3-fluoro-benzaldehyde (I-1b-1: 24.8 g) and 2-cyclopropyl-ethylamine (6.2 g) were combined in 1,2-dichloroethane (1.0 L). After stirring at ambient temperature for 1 hour, sodium triacetoxyborohydride (83 g) was added to the solution. After stirring overnight, the reaction mixture was treated with an aqueous 2 N potassium hydroxide solution, the organic phase was separated, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated to provide the title compound (I-1c-2).

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