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HRID 1883380Generated: October 31, 2026

Ethylene Glycol → 4-Phenylmorpholine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthylene GlycolHCID 174—
ReactantMorpholineHCID 8083—
ReactantIodobenzeneHCID 11575—
ReactantPotassium Phosphate, TribasicHCID 62657—
CatalystCopper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)HCID 24350—
SolventIsopropanolHCID 3776—
SolventEthyl acetate hexaneHCID 21226206—
Product4-PhenylmorpholineHCID 6233976%

Reaction Steps

The general procedure under argon was followed using copper(I) iodide (10 mg, 0.05 mmol), K3PO4 (425 mg, 2.00 mmol), morpholine (130 μL, 1.50 mmol), iodobenzene (112 μL, 1.00 mmol), ethylene glycol (111 μL, 2.00 mmol) and 2-propanol (1.0 mL). Column chromatography using a solvent mixture (hexane/ethyl acetate=20/1, Rƒ=0.2) afforded N-(phenyl)morpholine (124 mg, 76% isolated yield) as colorless liquid. The spectral data (1H NMR) matched with the literature references and GC analysis indicated >95% purity. See Desmarets, C.; Schneider, R.; Fort, Y. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 2875-2879.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06759554B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2004_07
ORD IDord-6f3aba7d4bd14d7cac4c570c7d49f501
Source noteuspto-grants-2004_07