Dipropylamine → Methyl 4-dipropylaminomethylbenzoate

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4-Bromomethylbenzoic acid methyl ester (831 mg) was dissolved in DMF (12.5 ml) and added with dipropylamine (971 μl) and the whole was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. After completion of the reaction, the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was dissolved in chloroform, washed with a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, and subjected to extraction with chloroform. The organic layer was washed with a saturated saline solution and dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate. After filtration, the solvent was distilled off, thereby obtaining the subject compound (883 mg) as a brown solid.

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