O-Methyltyramine → N-(2-(4-Methoxyphenyl)ethyl)acetamide

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4-Methoxyphenethylamine (50 g, 330 mmol) was added to dichloromethane (50 ml) and then 2N sodium hydroxide solution (25 ml) was added thereto. Acetyl chloride (26 ml, 364 mmol) was slowly added at 0° C. to the reaction mixture, which was then stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with dichloromethane, washed with water and a saturated sodium chloride solution, and then extracted with dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried on anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure to give 68 g of the titled compound as a white solid. The product was used in the subsequent step without further purification.

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