Butylamine → (1E,6E)-1-[4-diethylamino-2-(methoxymethoxy)phenyl]-7-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione

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6-(3-Hydroxy-4-methoxyphenyl)hex-5-ene-2,4-dione (20 mg, 0.085 mmol) and boron trioxide (11 mg, 0.16 mmol) were placed in a 20 mL reaction vessel, and dissolved in 0.4 mL of ethyl acetate. To the stirring solution at 80° C. was added a solution of 4-diethylamino-2-(methoxymethoxy)benzaldehyde (26 mg, 0.11 mmol) and tri-n-butyl borate (25 μL, 93 μmol) in 0.7 mL of ethyl acetate. After the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h at the same temperature, n-butylamine (10 μL, 0.10 mmol) was added with additional stirring for 1 h. The resulting mixture was diluted with 25 mL of brine, and the solution was extracted with 50 mL of ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give a crude solid of (1E,6E)-1-[4-diethylamino-2-(methoxymethoxy)phenyl]-7-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)hepta-1,6-diene-3,5-dione (57.8 mg).

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