Water → Diethyl[2-(4-nitrophenoxy)ethyl]amine

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Water (8 ml) and xylene (35 ml) were added to a mixture of sodium 4-nitrophenoxide (10.5 g, 65 mmol), 2-(diethylamino)ethylchloride hydrochloride (8.6 g, 50 mmol) and potassium carbonate (10.4 g, 75 mmol) and the resulting mixture was heated at reflux for 2 hours. A Dean-Stark apparatus was then fitted and the water was removed. The organic solution was allowed to cool to ambient temperature and left to stand for 18 hours. The solution was decanted from the precipitated solid and the volatiles were removed from the decanted solution by evaporation to give the title compound (8.0 g, 52% yield) as an oil. NMR: 0.90 (t, 6H), 2.50 (q, 2H), 2.89 (t, 2H), 4.15 (t, 2H), 7.15 (d, 2H), 8.18 (d, 2H); m/z: 239 [MH]+.

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