Benzene → 2-[2-(4-Methoxycarbonylmethylphenoxy)-1-methylethyl]-amino-1-(2-naphthyl)ethanol

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Following a procedure similar to that described in Example 6, but using 3 g of 2-amino-1-(2-naphthyl)ethanol (prepared as described in Preparation 9), 3.87 g of methyl 4-(2-oxopropoxy)phenylacetate (prepared as described in Preparation 3), 60 ml of benzene, 50 ml of absolute methanol and 2.49 g of sodium cyanoborohydride, 3.23 g of the title compound were obtained having an Rf=0.15 (thin layer chromatography over silica gel, using ethyl acetate as the developing solvent).

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