Ethyl Acetate → (3-Isopropoxy-4-nitrophenyl)(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)amine

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Reaction Steps

1.7 g of potassium carbonate and 1.0 g of 4-amino-1-methylpiperidine are successively added to a solution of 1.6 g of 4-fluoro-2-isopropoxy-1-nitrobenzene in 13.5 ml of dimethyl sulfoxide. The reaction mixture is heated at 120° C. for 3 h and is then cooled to ambient temperature and poured into a mixture of 150 ml of ice-cold water and 100 ml of ethyl acetate. After settling out, the organic phase is separated and the aqueous phase is extracted twice with 70 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic extracts are combined, dried over magnesium sulfate and then concentrated to dryness under reduced pressure. The residue is purified by chromatography on a 90 g silica cartridge, elution being carried out with a 97.5/2/0.5 v/v/v dichloromethane/methanol/20% aqueous ammonia mixture at a flow rate of 50 ml/min, so as to obtain 1.5 g of (3-isopropoxy-4-nitrophenyl)(1-methylpiperidin-4-yl)amine in the form of a bright yellow oil.

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