Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 21954972, compound

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5-Fluoro-2-nitrotoluene (1.55 g, 10 mmol), N-bromosuccinimide (1.82 g, 10 mmol), and benzoyl peroxide (0.1 g, 0.4 mmol) were dissolved in CCl4 (50 mL), heated at reflux, and irradiated with light (100 W bulb) for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered and concentrated. The residue was dissolved in THF (50 mL). Morpholine (1.9 g, 22 mmol) was added to the THF solution. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 hour and then filtered. The solvent of the filtrate was evaporated. The bright orange residue obtained was then mixed with 5% HCl solution (30 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL). The aqueous layer was basified with NaOH solution to pH 8 and then extracted with methylene chloride. Both ethyl acetate solution and methylene chloride solution were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4 separately. Evaporation of ethyl acetate solution afforded an orange oil which was recrystallized from hexane:ether solution to yield 450 mg of a yellow solid, 4-(3-methyl-4-nitrophenyl)morpholine (18%), the by-product. Evaporation of methylene chloride solution afforded 660 mg of the desired compound, 4-(5-fluoro-2-nitrobenzyl)morpholine (27.5%).

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