Homoveratrylamine → 1-{[2-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}-3-[4-(diphenylmethyl)piperazin-1-yl]propan-2-ol

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3.08 g (0.01 mol) of 1-(diphenylmethyl)-4-(2,3-epoxypropyl)piperazine and 2 g (0.01 mol) of 2-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethylamine were refluxed with heating together with 200 ml of DMF for 24 hours in the presence of a catalytic amount of an alkali such as potassium carbonate. DMF was distilled off under reduced pressure, and a residue was extracted with ethyl acetate, and after washing with water and drying, the ethyl acetate was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain 5.1 g of a crude subject compound of a viscous liquid. The obtained compound was refined by flush chromatography and fractional thin-layer chromatography with solvent mixtures of ethyl acetate--methanol and methylene chloride--methanol respectively to obtain 1.2 g of the subject compound in a viscous liquid state.

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