4-Methoxybenzylamine → 3,6-Dibromo-2-fluoro-N-[(4-methoxyphenyl)methyl]benzenemethanamine

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3,6-dibromo-2-fluorobenzaldehyde (9.12 g) was dissolved in dichloromethane (45 ml), and 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)methanamine (4.6 ml) was added thereto, followed by stirring at room temperature for 4 hours. The solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, toluene was further added thereto, followed by twice-repeated evaporation under reduced pressure and azotripic drying. The residue was dissolved in THF (25 ml), sodium borohydride (2.0 g) was added thereto, methanol (15 ml) was carefully added dropwise thereto, followed by stirring at room temperature overnight. Water was added thereto, the solvent was concentrated under reduced pressure, a 1M aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added thereto to adjust pH to 8 or higher, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate, the organic layer was washed with water and saturated brine and was then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (hexane:ethyl acetate) to obtain, as a light yellow oily product, 1-(3,6-dibromo-2-fluorophenyl)-N-(4-methoxybenzyl)methanamine (8.03 g).

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