Sodium Hydroxide → HCID 70558733, compound

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To a mixture of 10.27 g of 7-methoxy-3-benzofuranethylamine, 60 ml of methylene chloride, and 60 ml of 15% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution was added, with cooling, 8 ml of cyclopropanecarbonyl chloride. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight; an additional 2 ml of cyclopropanecarbonyl chloride added after two hours. The solvent was removed from the dried organic layer and the residue heated under reflux with 3.5 g of lithium aluminum hydride in tetrahydrofuran for 6 hours. Water (3.5 ml), 15% aqueous sodium hydroxide solution (3.5 ml) and finally water (10.5 ml) were added with cooling, and the mixture filtered. Removal of the solvent and short-path distillation of the residue (bath to 170°, 1 micron pressure) gave 11.74 g (90% yield) of N-cyclopropylmethyl-7-methoxy-3-benzofuranethylamine; nmr spectrum (in CDCl3): τ2.6 (s, 1); 2.8-3.4 (m, 3); 6.1 (s, 3); 7.1-7.4 (m, 4 ); 7.6 (d, J=6.5 Hz, 2) and 8.1-10.2 (m, 6).

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