Chloroacetyl chloride → 6-(4-Benzyloxyphenyl)-4-propylmorpholin-3-one

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Sodium hydroxide (22.5 g, 0.56 mol) in water (100 ml) was added to the amine from example 26 (26.0 g, 0.09 mol) in dichloromethane (400 ml) and the solution vigorously stirred at room temperature. Chloroacetylchloride (8.6 ml, 0.11 mol) was then added and the reaction mixture stirred for a further 60 minutes. The layers were separated and the aqueous layer re-extracted with dichloromethane (200 ml). The organic extracts were combined, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a colourless oil. Potassium hydroxide (15.0 g, 0.27 mol), isopropyl alcohol (400 ml) and the colourless oil residue were stirred together as an opaque solution with water (30 ml) for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the yellow residue dissolved in ethyl acetate (200 ml). This was partitioned with water (200 ml) then brine (200 ml). The organic fraction was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (19.9 g, 0.06 mol, 67%). 1H NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ: 0.95 (t 3H), 1.62 (m, 2H), 3.34 (m, 2H), 3.51 (m, 2H), 4.32 (d, 1H), 4.41 (d, 1H), 4.72 (dd, 1H), 5.04 (s, 2H), 6.98 (d, 2H), 7.31-7.43 (m, 7H). LRMS: m/z 326 (M-H+).

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