N,N-Dimethylethylenediamine → HCID 18929471, compound

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Reaction Steps

A sample of 0.140 g (0.50 mmol) of 5-acetyl-2-(3-carboxypropoxy)-benzoic acid, methyl ester (Example 19) is heated on a steam bath, under dry conditions with 5.49 mL (50.0 mmol) of N,N-dimethylethylenediamine for 5 hours. The mixture is allowed to cool for 20 hours to ambient temperature and evaporated under vacuum at 55° C. The brown gum produced is triturated with ether, and the remaining residue taken up in water and acidified with hydrochloric acid. This is then extracted with ethyl acetate, and the aqueous solution is evaporated under vacuum, leaving a gum. It is next triturated with hot chloroform and this solution is evaporated to give a brown glass. This is chromatographed on a preparatory silica gel plate which is eluted with a 9/1 mixture of chloroform to methanol. The product band is cut from the plate, triturated with the above solvent mixture, filtered, and evaporated leaving 0.025 g (15%) of 5-acetyl-2-(3-carboxypropoxy)-N-(2-dimethylaminoethyl)benzamide as a light brown gum: MS (FAB) m/e 337.1753 Δ=+0.9 mmμ (M+ +H), 359 (M+ +Na). 1HNMR (CDCl3) is consistent with the desired product.

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