Ammonium Chloride → 4-(2-Benzyloxyethoxy)-3-trifluoromethyl-phenylamine

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To a mixture of 1-(2-(benzyloxy)ethoxy)-4-nitro-2-(trifluoromethyl)benzene (8.1 g, 23.73 mmol) in MeOH (100 mL) was added zinc (15.52 g, 237 mmol) and NH4Cl (12.70 g, 237 mmol). The mixture was stirred at 20° C. for 3 h. LCMS showed the reaction was finished. The mixture was filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated to give crude product, which was purified by silica gel column (PE/EA=5:1, Rf=0.4) to obtain 4-(2-(benzyloxy)ethoxy)-3-(trifluoromethyl)aniline (5.1 g, 14.40 mmol, 60.7% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) 7.35-7.24 (m, 5H), 6.81 (t, J=8.4 Hz, 2H), 6.78 (d, J=2.8 Hz, 1H), 4.63 (s, 2H), 4.13 (t, J=4.8 Hz, 2H), 3.83 (t, J=3.6 Hz, 2H); ES-LCMS m/z 312 (M+H).

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