MAGNESIUM SILICATE (synthetic) → [2-Amino-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)phenyl]phenylmethanone

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A suspension of 7.7 g of 2-amino-3-[hydroxy(phenyl)methyl]benzene ethanol in 250 ml of benzene was treated with 14 g of activated Manganese dioxide and refluxed for 5 hours using a Dean-Stark trap. The hot mixture obtained was then filtered through Celite and the filtrate stripped to yield a dark oil. The oily material was placed on a florisil column and eluted with a benzene-acetone mixture. The isolated product was recrystallized from ethanol-pet. ether (30:60) to give the titled compound as yellow needles, m.p. 107°-108° C.

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