Hydrochloric Acid → Phenyl-o-methylphenylamino-acetic acid hydrochloride

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Ethyl 2-bromo-2-phenylacetate (0.28 mL, 1.64 mmol), ortho-toluidine (0.26 mL, 2.47 mmol) and DIPEA (0.43 mL, 2.47 mmol) are dissolved in acetonitrile (5 mL) and stirred under MW irradiation at 100° C. for 1 hour (Conversion complete by UPLC/MS-UV). Lithium hydroxide hydrate (207 mg, 4.94 mmol) and water (3 mL) are added and the mixture is stirred at RT for 16 hours. 4M HCl in dioxane is added until pH is about 1, then the solvents are evaporated, the residue is suspended in water, sonicated, cooled at 0° C. and the resulting solid is recovered by filtration and dried under vacuum to get intermediate I86 as a off-white solid (290 mg, 63% yield).

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