Ethanol → HCID 18946314, compound

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A mixture of 4-aminobenzylcyanide (10 g, 75.7 mmol), epichlorohydrine (7.9 ml, 9.25 g, 100 mmol), ethanol (15 ml) and water (10 ml) was heated under reflux for 2 hours. After cooling the reaction mixture was poured into 100 ml of water and extracted with ether (3×50 ml). The organic extracts were combined and stirred with 50 ml of 10N NaOH at room temperature for 3 hours. The organic layer was separated, washed with water until neutral, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The residue was chromatographed over a silica gel column eluting with a 3:1 mixture of benzene and ethyl acetate to afford 7.24 g of the title compound as an oil, yield: 51.0%.

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