Triethylamine → 2-Bromo-N-isopropyl-N-(4-methoxyphenyl)acetamide

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To a solution of isopropyl-(4-methoxyphenyl)-amine (25.11 g, 152 mmol) in dichloromethane (250 mL) was added triethylamine (15.38 g, 152 mmol) with stirring at ambient temperature. The solution was cooled in an ice bath (<3° C.) and bromoacetyl bromide (30.68 g, 152 mmol) dissolved in dichloromethane (100 mL) was added dropwise over a 45 minute period. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight at ambient temperature, washed with 0.3N HCl (300 mL) and brine (300 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated under reduced pressure to give a dark brown oil. The oil was filtered through a pad of silica gel (150 g) which was eluted with ethyl acetate/hexane (1:1, 900 mL) and the filtrate evaporated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound (41.05 g, 143 mmol) as a brown oil which crystallized on standing.

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