Potassium Iodide → Methyl 2-(benzyloxy)-5-(morpholin-4-yl)benzoate

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Potassium carbonate (0.54 g), potassium iodide (0.11 g), and bis(2-chloroethyl)ether (0.22 mL) were sequentially added to an N,N-dimethylacetamide (3.2 mL) solution of methyl 5-amino-2-(benzyloxy)benzoate (0.40 g), followed by stirring at 100° C. for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, and then water and ethyl acetate were added thereto. The organic layer was separated, washed with a saturated aqueous solution of sodium chloride, and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography [eluent: 85-60% hexane/ethyl acetate] to obtain 0.27 g of methyl 2-(benzyloxy)-5-(morpholin-4-yl)benzoate as a light yellow oily substance.

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