N-Methoxy-N-methylacetamide → HCID 9856131, compound

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Reaction Steps

4-(3-Bromo-4-fluorobenzyl)morpholine (Preparation 1, 35.5 g) is dissolved in THF (400 mL) and cooled to −75° C. A solution of n-butyllithium in hexane (2.5 M, 57.0 mL) is added via addition funnel, maintaining the temperature below −68° C. A solution of N-methoxy-N-methylacetamide (16.0 g) in THF (50 mL) is added via addition funnel, maintaining the temperature below −65° C. The reaction is stirred at −75° C. for 1 h and allowed to warm to rt overnight. The reaction is quenched with 1 N HCl (150 mL) and poured into ethyl acetate (400 mL). The aqueous layer is separated, made basic with sat. aq. NaHCO3, and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). The combined organic layers are washed with sat. NaHCO3 (2×100 mL) and brine (50 mL). The combined aqueous washes are back-extracted with ethyl acetate (100 mL). The organic layers are combined, dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated in vacuo to a yellow oil. The crude product is distilled (135° C., 0.3 Torr) to afford 19.7 g (64%) of the title compound as a clear, colorless oil. Physical characteristics: B.p. 135° C. (0.3 Torr); 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.72, 7.61-7.56, 7.31, 3.56, 3.48, 2.58, 2.34; IR (liq.) 1996, 1979, 1919, 1688, 1612, 1492, 1417, 1361, 1291, 1281, 1212, 1118, 865 cm−1; MS (ESI+) m/z 238 (M+H)+. Anal. Calcd for C13H16FNO2: C, 65.81; H, 6.80; N, 5.90. Found: C, 65.43; H, 6.75; N, 5.84.

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