Water → Decanoyl-4-methoxyphenacylamine

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To a solution of 22.0 g (108 mM) of undecanoyl chloride in 185 ml of pyridine, 22.2 g (110 mM) of 4-methoxyphenacylamine hydrochloride was gradually added in 30 minutes under cooling and stirring below -5° C., followed by stirring for 30 minutes below -5° C. and heat-refluxing of 1 hour under stirring. After the reaction, the reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and poured into 1 liter of cool water to precipitate a crystal. The crystal was recovered by filtration, washed with water and recrystallized from ethanol to obtain 13.9 g of decanoyl-4-methoxyphenacylamine (Yield: 38.8%).

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