Tetrahydrofuran → 2-Amino-4'-(2-tert-butoxycarbonylaminoethyl)-5-chlorobenzophenone

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A tetrahydrofuran (70 ml) solution of N-methyl-N-methyloxy-2-amino-5-chlorobenzamide (6.4 g) and N-tert-butoxycarbonyl-3-bromophenethylamine (6.0 g) was cooled to −78° C., to which was gradually added dropwise a hexane solution of n-butyl lithium (1.6 mol/L) (67 ml). To the mixture were then added water (300 ml) and acetic acid ethyl ester (300 ml). The organic layer was washed with water and dried over anhydrous MgSO4, and the solvent was distilled off. The residual oily compound was purified by means of a silica gel column chromatography, followed by recrystallization from hexane to afford 2-amino-4′-(2-tert-butoxycarbonylaminoethyl)-5-chlorobenzophenone (3.97 g) as a pale yellow crystalline product.

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