Ammonium Chloride → 4-Ethoxy-3-iodo-benzenamine

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A suspension of iron (3.81 g, 70 mmol) and ammonium chloride (5.47 g, 102 mmol) in 80 mL of ethanol and 25 mL of water was heated to reflux. 1-Ethoxy-2-iodo-4-nitrobenzene (5.0 g, 20 mmol) was added in portions and the reaction was heated at reflux for 1 hour. The hot mixture was filtered through Celite, washed with hot ethanol. The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo and treated with ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was extracted, washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and filtered. Removal of the solvent in vacuo provided 5.1 g of (4-ethoxy-3-iodophenyl)amine as a light brown oil; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 1.30 (s, 3H), 3.89 (q, 2H), 4.82 (bs, 2H), 6.53 (dd, 1H), 6.72 (d, 1H), 7.11 (d, 1H); MS (ES) m/z263.9 (M+H)+

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