Aniline → N-Phenylglycine ethyl ester

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Reaction Steps

According to Kotake et al. (Chem. Pharm. Bull. 1995, 43, 829-841), a stirred solution of aniline (15.3 g, 0.16 mol) and DIEA (56 ml, 0.33 mol) in acetonitrile (120 ml) is heated to 60° C. and ethyl bromoacetate (18.2 ml, 0.16 mmol) is added dropwise within 2 h. The reaction mixture is kept stirring at this temperature for another 3 h and is then evaporated to dryness. Water is added to the residue, the solid is filtered and thoroughly rinsed with H2O. Crystallization from toluene provided pure subtitle compound as beige crystals (25.5 g) in 87% yield. tR (LC-3) 2.33 min; ESI-MS (positive ion): m/z 180.27 [M+H]+ (calcd 179.22 for C10H13NO2). 1H-NMR (CDCl3): 1.29 (t, J=7.0 Hz, 3H); 3.90 (s, 2H); 4.25 (m, 3H); 6.61 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 2H); 6.75 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 1H); 7.21 (m, 2H).

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