Acetic Acid → HCID 105544108, compound

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To a solution of β-alanine ethyl ester hydrochloride (1.00 g) in ethanol (13.5 mL), triethylamine (907 μL), 4-chlorophenylacetone (1.32 g), acetic acid (1.5 mL) and borane-2-picoline complex (1.39 g) were added successively and the mixture was stirred at 60° C. for 30 minutes. After being cooled to room temperature, the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. To the resulting residue, a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate was added and the mixture was extracted with chloroform twice. The combined organic layers were washed with saturated brine and dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The desiccant was removed by filtration and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (chloroform:methanol=100:0-95:5) to give the titled compound as a yellow oil (1.70 g).

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