Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 10424978, compound

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To magnesium (5.5 g, 229 mmol) and a few crystals of iodine in anhydrous ether (20 mL) was added 3,4-dichlorobromobenzene (46.4 g, 206 mmol) in anhydrous ether (200 mL) at a rate sufficient to keep the reaction at reflux. After the addition was completed the reaction was heated at reflux for another 15 min. The reaction was cooled to −20° C. and arecoline (16 g, 103 mmol) in anhydrous ether (200 mL) was added over 20 min while keeping the temperature at −20° C. The reaction was stirred for another 2 hour at −20° C. and then heated to 0° C. Hydrochloric acid (4 N, 80 mL) was added and the pH adjusted to 1 using concentrated hydrochloric acid. The organic phase was separated off and the pH adjusted to 9 with concentrated ammonia. Extraction with ether (2×200 mL)afforded 24.6 g of the title compound as a brownish oil.

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