Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 11469684, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 5° C. solution of dimethylaniline (320 ml, 2.54 mol) in t-butyl alcohol (480 ml) was added dropwise a solution of cyclohexyl-acetyl chloride (250.9 g, 1.56 mol) in dichloromethane (320 ml) over 30 min. At the end of the addition, the addition funnel was rinsed with dichloromethane (80 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred 90 min at 5° C. and then allowed to warm to room temperature. After 15 hours at room temperature, the reaction solution was heated to reflux for 6 hours and then cooled to 5° C. The cold reaction mixture was acidified with 6 n hydrogen chloride (640 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with 1 N hydrogen chloride (860 ml), water (2×860 ml), saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (2×860 ml), and brine (860 ml). The organic solution was dried (magnesium sulfate), filtered, and concentrated (room temperature/20 mm Hg). The remaining liquid was distilled to afford the desired product as a yellow oil (259.32 g, 84%). bp.: 70-75° C./0.6 mm Hg; MS m/z: 199 (M+H)+.

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