Phenethylamine → 2-Methoxy-N-(2-phenylethyl)acetamide

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Phenethylamine(11.6 ml, 92.1 mmol) was added dropwise to a solution of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide(19 g, 92.1 mmol), methoxyacetic acid(8.3 g, 92.1 mmol) in dichloromethane(50 ml) at room temperature. After addition was completed, the reaction mixture was stirred for 1 hour at room temperature and the resulting solid was filtered. The filtrate was washed with aqueous hydrochloric acid solution, and the organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated under reduced pressure to afford 8.15 g of the titled compound.

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