Dimethylformamide → HCID 131728949, compound

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To a mixture of (3-methoxybenzyl)methylamine (3.02 g, 20 mmol) and cesium carbonate (7.82 g, 24 mmol) in DMF (50 mL) was added cinnamyl bromide (4.47 g, 22 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with water and extracted with 1:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate (3×). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated to provide the desired product (3.1 g, 58%): 1H NMR (CDCl3, 500 MHz) δ 7.39-7.37 (m, 2H), 7.32-7.29 (m, 2H), 7.23-7.20 (m, 2H), 6.93-6.91 (m, 2H), 6.81-6.78 (m, 1H), 6.54 (d, J=15.9 Hz, 1H), 6.31 (dt, J=15.9, 6.6 Hz, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.52 (s, 2H), 3.19 (dd, J=6.6, 1.2 Hz, 2H), 2.25 (s, 3H); ESI MS m/z=268 [M+H]+. This crude product was used in the next step without further purification.

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