1,8-Diazabicyclo(5.4.0)undec-7-ene → HCID 18001111, compound

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Ethyl 4-formyl-3-nitrobenzoate (5.81 g) was dissolved in 70 ml of toluene, then 2.1 ml of 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]-undec-7-ene and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for one hour. To the reaction solution, 2.69 g of 3-[(1,1,1-triphenylphosphonio)methyl]benzonitrile bromide was added, and the mixture was stirred at 80° C. for 24 hours. Insoluble matters were filtered out and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using hexane-ethyl acetate (10:1) as an eluting solvent. The resulting intermediate (3.1 g) was dissolved in a mixed solvent of 50 ml of ethanol and 10 ml of tetrahydrofuran, then 1 g of a palladium oxide-barium sulfate complex was added and the mixture was stirred in a hydrogen atmosphere at room temperature for 3 days. The reaction solution was filtered through Celite and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The resulting residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using hexane-ethyl acetate (2:1) as an eluting solvent to give 2.35 g of ethyl 3-amino-4-[2-(3-cyanophenyl)ethyl]benzoate.

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