3,4-Dimethylaniline → Glycine, N-(3,4-dimethylphenyl)-, methyl ester

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3,4-Dimethylaniline (70.0 g) and methyl bromoacetate (44.2 g) were stirred at 100° under nitrogen for 2 h. The cooled reaction mixture was poured into ether (700 ml) and filtered. The collected solid was washed with ether (2×100 ml) and the combined filtrates were concentrated to give a solid (45.6 g) which was purified by FCC on triethylamine deactivated silica eluting with dichloromethane: petroleum ether (1:3) to give a solid (21.8 g), a portion of which (2.5 g) was purified further by FCC as above to give the title compound (2.06 g), m.p. 53°-55°.

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