Ammonia → HCID 54549569, compound

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A 100-mL vial was charged with methyl 4-(4-aminophenyl)butanoate (2.07 g, 10.7 mmol), ammonium chloride (0.76 g, 14.2 mmol) in methanol (10 mL). To this mixture was added NH3 (10 mL, 7N in methanol, 70.0 mmol, 6.5 eq.). The vial was sealed and the resulting mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 20 h. After this time, the crude reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was absorbed on silica (10 g) then purified by chromatography on silica using dichloromethane/methanol (10:0 to 9:1) as eluent to afford the title compound (0.67 g, 35%) as a white solid. MW=178.23. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 500 MHz) δ 7.20 (br s, 1H), 6.83-6.80 (m, 2H), 6.66 (br s, 1H), 6.49-6.46 (m, 2H), 2.37 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.01 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.68 (quin, J=7.5 Hz, 2H).

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