4-Methoxybenzylamine → HCID 117600113, compound

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(5-Bromo-2-hydroxy-phenyl)-phenyl-methanone (5.0 g, 17.68 mmol) is dissolved in dichloromethane (20 mL). 4-Methoxybenzylamine (3.00 mL, 22.02 mmol) is added and the mixture stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. 4-Bromo-2-[(4-methoxy-benzylimino)-phenyl-methyl]-phenol (700 mg, 1.766 mmol) is dissolved in dichloromethane (6 mL) and treated with sodium triacetoxyborohydride (2.0 g, 8.96 mmol). The mixture is stirred at room temperature over the weekend. The mixture is poured into saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution. The aqueous phase is exhaustively extracted with dichloromethane. The combined organic phases are dried over magnesium sulfate, the drying agent is filtered off. The filtrate is concentrated to dryness in vacuo. The residue is purified by column chromatography on silica gel using dichloromethane as an eluant. The product fractions are evaporated to dryness in vacuo. This affordes the desired compound as a colourless oil.

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