Water → HCID 58230130, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-Isopropoxy-phenylamine (11.3 g) was added to a solution of 4-hydroxy-1-(2-methoxy-ethyl)-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (11.5 g) in toluene (361 ml). The mixture was stirred for 10 minutes at RT. Then, dimethylaluminiumchloride (0.9 M in hexane, 99 ml) was added dropwise and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 4 h. The mixture was then cooled to 0° C., water (50 ml) was added dropwise then AcOEt (300 ml). The mixture was stirred further 30 minutes, more AcOEt was added, the layers were then separated, the organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered and the solvent was evaporated off. The crude product was triturated with diethyl ether/heptane to give the title compound as a mixture of cis/trans isomers as brown solid (14.3 g) which was used directly in the next step. MS (m/e): 304.190 [MH+].

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