Oxalic Acid → HCID 23036403, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of 5.10 g (0.21 mole) of magnesium turnings and a crystal of iodine in 800 ml of drytetrahydrofuran (distilled from lithium aluminum hydride) was added a solution of 36.75 g (0.21 mole) of p-bromofluorobenzene in 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran. The reaction flask was cooled in an ice bath during this addition, and the reaction mixture was under an atmosphere of nitrogen. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 hr. A solution of 20.17 g (0.0693 mole) of ethyl N-(3-phenoxypropyl)isonipecotate in 100 ml of tetrahydrofuran was added and the solution was stirred at room temperature for 16 hr. The mixture was poured into an icy solution of ammonium chloride and the aqueous mixture was extracted with methylene chloride. The methylene chloride solution was extracted with dilute sodium hydroxide and was dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was removed in vacuo to give a gummy residue. The residue was treated with a solution of oxalic acid in methanol and the salt was recrystallized from methanol-ether to give 24.17 g (66.2%) of white, crystalline solid, m.p. 153°-155° C.

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