Ethanol → 4-Morpholinehexanol

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A suspension of morpholine (3.30 mL, 3.30 g, 37.8 mmol), 6-bromo-1-hexanol (6.72 g, 72.3 mmol), ethanol (20 mL), and potassium carbonate (6.23 g, 45.1 mmol) was stirred for 36 hours at 25° C., after a slight exotherm at the beginning. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (30 mL), filtered and concentrated. The residue was taken up in ethyl acetate, filtered and concentrated. The 7.0 g of 4-(6-hydroxyhexyl)morpholine was isolated as a yellow oil and used as is.

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