Ethyl Acetate → 2-[1-(4-Phenoxyphenyl)-ethyl]-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one

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A mixture of 1-(4-phenoxyphenyl)ethylamine (213 mg, 1 mmol), 2-bromomethyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (250 mg, 1.1 mmol), and K2CO3 (1 g, 7.2 mmol) in toluene (10 mL) was heated at reflux with stirring for 16 h. Workup and silica gel column chromatography using a gradient of hexanes to 30% ethyl acetate in hexanes afforded 2-[1-(4-phenoxyphenyl)-ethyl]-2,3-dihydroisoindol-1-one (146 mg, 44%). GC/MS gave: m/z (rel.int.) 329 (M+, 46), 314 (100), 196 (8) and 77 (8). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 1.68 (d, 3H), 4.03 (d, 1H), 4.34 (d, 1H), 5.80 (q, 1H), 6.98 (br t, 4H), 7.10 (t, 1H), 7.49 (dt, 2H), 7.33 (br m, 5H), 7.88 (dd, 1H).

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