3-Methoxyaniline → HCID 22037924, compound

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Under ice cooling, sodium triacetoxyborohydride (12.0 g) was added to a liquid mixture of m-anisidine (4.40 g), 1-acetylpiperidin-4-one (5.0 g) and acetic acid (8 ml) in dichloroethane (80 ml). Then the reaction mixtures were stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixtures were diluted with ethyl acetate (200 ml) and a 5 N aqueous solution (35 ml) of sodium hydroxide was added thereto. The organic layer was separated, washed successively with water and brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. After evaporating the solvent under reduced pressure, the residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane system) to give the title compound (7.80 g) as a brown oil (yield: 87.9%).

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