Ethyl bromoacetate → Ethyl 2-(4,5-dichloro-2-ethylphenylamino)acetate

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To a stirring solution of 4,5-dichloro-2-ethylbenzenamine (600 mg, 3.15 mmol) in DMF at 0° C., NaH (150 mg, 3.78 mmol) was added in portions. After stirring for 30 min, ethyl 2-bromoacetate (789 mg, 4.74 mmol) was added to the mixture. The resulting mixture was stirred at 120° C. for 16 h. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, poured into ice-water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (petroleum ether/ethyl acetate=5:1) to afford the desired product (380 mg, 44.7% yield) as a yellow solid.

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