Water → 2-(Benzyl-(3-furylmethyl)amino)ethanol

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To a solution of 0.641 g (3.423 mmol) of N-benzyl-3-furylmethylamine and 0.64 g (5.1 mmol) of 2-bromoethanol in 30 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, 0.95 g of potassium carbonate was added, followed by stirring at 80° C. for 2 hours. 0.64 g (5.1 mmol) of 2-bromoethanol was further added, followed by overnight stirring at 80° C. The reaction mixture was poured into water and extracted with dichloromethane 3 times. The combined organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate; the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The resulting crude product was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=3/1) to yield 2-[benzyl-(3-furylmethyl)amino]ethanol.

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