Sodium hydride → (3-Dimethoxymethyl-4-nitro-phenyl)-morpholin-4-yl-phenyl-acetonitrile

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NaH (0.975 mol) was washed with hexane. After the hexane was decanted off, the NaH was stirred in DMF (1950 mL) at room temperature. Morpholin-4-yl-phenyl-acetonitrile (0.70 mol) in DMF (300 mL) was added dropwise under N2 gas. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled in an ice bath and 4-chloro-2-dimethoxymethyl-1-nitrobenzene (0.86 mol) in DMF (150 mL) was added dropwise. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hours and at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was poured on ice/water and extracted with diisopropyl ether. The organic layer washed with water, dried (MgSO4) and evaporated to yield the title compound as a solid.

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