Hydrochloric Acid → N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-2-(4-hydroxymethylphenoxy)acetamide

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To a mixture of N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-2-(4-formylphenoxy)acetamide (4.6 g) and ethanol (150 ml) was added under ice cooling sodium borohydride (0.25 g), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. To the reaction mixture was added 3% hydrochloric acid, and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate. Evaporation of the solvent under reduced pressure gave N-(ethoxycarbonylmethyl)-2-(4-hydroxymethylphenoxy)acetamide (4.03 g).

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