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HRID 984617Generated: October 30, 2026

Ethylene Glycol → 4-Phenylmorpholine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthylene GlycolHCID 174—
ReactantMorpholineHCID 8083—
ReactantIodobenzeneHCID 11575—
ReactantPotassium Phosphate, TribasicHCID 62657—
CatalystCopper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)HCID 24350—
SolventIsopropanolHCID 3776—
SolventEthyl acetate hexaneHCID 21226206—
Product4-PhenylmorpholineHCID 6233976%

Reaction Steps

The general procedure under argon was followed using copper(I) iodide (10 mg, 0.05 mmol), K3PO4 (425 mg, 2.00 mmol), morpholine (130 μL, 1.50 mmol), iodobenzene (112 μL, 1.00 mmol), ethylene glycol (111 μL, 2.00 mmol) and 2-propanol (1.0 mL). Column chromatography using a solvent mixture (hexane/ethyl acetate=20/1, Rf=0.2) afforded N-(phenyl)morpholine (124 mg, 76% isolated yield) as colorless liquid. The spectral data (1H NMR) matched with the literature references and GC analysis indicated >95% purity. See Desmarets, C.; Schneider, R.; Fort, Y. Tetrahedron Lett. 2000, 41, 2875-2879.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06867298B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2005_03
ORD IDord-2aa7dd40cd1a4b6990144ac90f7b44be
Source noteuspto-grants-2005_03