Butylamine → HCID 19745946, compound

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A mixture of 5 g of ethyl 3,4-diacetoxyphenylpropionate and 3.5 g of n-butylamine was heated to 150° C. with stirring for 2 hours in an autoclave. After cooling, the reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography. A solvent mixture of chloroform:methanol=20:1 was used as eluent. Pure N-n-butyl-3,4-dihydroxyphenylpropionamide was obtained as colorless viscous oil. The yield was 5.45 g.

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