1,2-Dichloroethane → HCID 11678369, compound

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A mixture of 2.1 gm of 8-benzyl-3-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]-1-propylxanthine (9), 1.02 gm of sodium carbonate, 3.82 ml of 1,2-dichloroethane and 0.59 ml of 2-(ethylamino)ethanol was heated in a steel pressure vessel under argon at 120 degrees C. for 3-5 hours*. The mixture was then cooled and vented to the atmosphere. The semisolid reaction mixture was triturated several times with 5-10 ml portions of methanol followed by methylene chloride and the combined solutions were evaporated to dryness. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel using a gradient of 1:1 ethyl acetate-hexanes, ethyl acetate and 5% methanol in ethyl acetate. The appropriate fractions were collected and evaporated to dryness to yield a light orange solid of 8-benzyl-7-[2-ethyl(2-hydroxyethyl)amino]ethyl-3-[2-(4-nitrophenyl)ethyl]-1-propylxanthine.

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