Triethylamine → Ethyl 2-[4-methoxy-3-({[4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]amino}methyl)benzyl]butanoate

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0.40 g of ethyl 2-[3-(aminomethyl)-4-methoxybenzyl]butanoate and 0.29 g of 4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoic acid were dissolved in 5 ml N,N-dimethylformamide, and 0.24 ml diethyl cyanophosphonate and 0.21 ml triethylamine were added under ice-cooling. After stirring the reaction mixture at room temperature for 16 hours, the mixture was poured into ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was successively washed with 1N hydrochloric acid and brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent was evapoarated. The residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography, and from fractions eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1), 0.59 g of ethyl 2-[4-methoxy-3-({[4-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]amino}methyl)benzyl]butanoate was obtained.

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