Potassium Hydroxide → HCID 15754179, compound

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Reaction Steps

15.0 g (0.042 mol) of N-(3-chloro-α,α-dimethylbenzyl)-N-(3-oxobutyl)phenylacetamide prepared in accordance with the method of Reference Example 10, was dissolved in 100 ml of ethanol, and 1.3 g (0.02 mol) of potassium hydroxide powder was added thereto. The mixture was refluxed under heating for three hours. After completion of the reaction, ethanol as distilled off under reduced pressure, and then ice water was added to the residue and extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with water and then dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue thereby obtained was purified by chromatography by using a column packed with silica gel (n-hexane/ethyl acetate) to obtain 6.8 g (yield: 48.1%) of the desired compound.

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