Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(4-Chloro-3-fluorobenzyl)morpholine

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4-Chloro-3-fluorobenzaldehyde (1.0 g, 6.31 mmol), morpholine (0.546 ml, 6.31 mmol) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.938 g, 9.14 mmol) were mixed in dichloroethane (19 ml) and the reaction stirred at ambient temperature under an atmosphere of argon over night. 1M HCl (aq, 25 ml) was added. The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (×4). The pH was adjusted to ca 12 by adding KOH (s). The mixture was extracted with dichloromethane (×4). The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4 filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 4-(4-chloro-3-fluorobenzyl)morpholine (0.875 g, 60%) as a liquid.

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