1-Fluoro-2-nitrobenzene → N-(2-Morpholinoethyl)-4-nitroaniline

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A 50 mL round bottom flask was dried in an oven overnight and cooled to room temperature under Ar(g). The flask was charged with fluoronitrobenzene (0.187 mL, 1.77 mmol), 2-Morpholin-4-yl-ethylamine (0.299 g, 2.30 mmol) and dioxane (9.0 mL). To the solution, diisopropyl ethyl amine (0.463 mL, 2.66 mmol) was added dropwise and allowed to stir at 105° C. for 48 h. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (3×30 mL), and with brine (2×30 mL). The combined organic layers were then dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude mixture was then purified over silica (10% MeOH/90% CHCl3) affording (2-Morpholin-4-yl-ethyl)-(4-nitro-phenyl)-amine as a yellow solid (0.315 g, 1.26 mmol, 71% yield).

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