Ethyl Acetate → (4-[1-(2,2,6,6-Tetramethyl-piperidin-1-yloxy)-ethyl]-phenyl}-ethanone

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,A mixture of 4-ethylacetophenone (23 g), 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (10,7 g) and molybdenum(VI)oxide (0,67 g) are purged with Argon for one hour. The mixture is then heated up to 70° C. and the solution prepared under A) is added drop wise under stirring within 5 minutes. Pressure is reduced to 300 mbar and the mixture is heated for 18 hours at 70° C. After the+reaction is completed the mixture is cooled to room temperature and the pressure is allowed to raise to normal pressure. Ethylacetate and water is added. The water phase is separated and extracted three times with ethylacetate. The organic phases are combined, washed with water, dried over Magnesium sulfate and concentrated. Excessive amounts of 2-(4-ethyl-phenoxymethyl)-oxirane are removed at 40° C./0,2 mbar. The raw product is subsequently chromatographically purified on silica with petrolether/ethylacetate=95/5 as eluent. A white+powder is obtained after recrystalization from pentane, corresponding to the compound of formula (104), having a melting point of 61.5-63° C.

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