Ethyl bromoacetate → Ethyl 2-Morpholinoacetate

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Morpholine(1.65 ml, 18.9 mmol) was added dropwise to a soultion of ethyl bromoacetate(1 ml, 9.0 mmol) in benzene (9 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred for 2 hours at a room temperature, diluted with ethyl ether, and washed with saturated NaCl solution. The separated organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated under a reduced pressure to give 1.11 g of the titled compound as an oil. (Yield 71.2%)

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