Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 18008936, compound

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A stirred mixture of benzyl-(4-bromo-2-nitro-phenyl)-(2-iodo-ethyl)-amine (23.55 g, Reference Example 7), tin(II) chloride dihydrate (41.48 g), hydrochloric acid 12N (21.28 ml) and distilled water (45 ml) was heated to 80° C. for 1 hour then cooled to room temperature and then treated with distilled water (200 ml). The reaction mixture was neutralized to pH 7-8 by addition of an 32% aqueous ammonia solution (50 ml) and filtered through a pad of celite. The filter pad was washed three times with dichloromethane (250 ml). The filtrate and washings were combined. The organic phase was separated, then washed four times with distilled water (200 ml), then dried over magnesium sulphate and then evaporated under reduced pressure (2.7 kPa) at 40° C. The resulting brown oil (14.47 g) was subjected to flash chromatography on silica (0,040-0,063 mm) eluting initially with a mixture of cyclohexane and ethyl acetate (9:1, v/v) and then with a mixture of cyclohexane and ethyl acetate (7:3, v/v) to give the title compound (3.28 g) as a tan solid. 1H NMR, 300 MHz, (CD3)2SO: δ3.1 (broad s, 4H); 4.2 (s, 2H); 5.6 (broad s, 1H); 6.1 (d, J=8 Hz, 1H); 6.2 (dd, J=8 Hz and J=1.5 Hz, 1H); 6.3 (d, J=1.5 Hz, 1H); 7.25 (m, 5H). MS (EI): M+ 304 and 302 (100%), 213 and 211 (100%), 132 (85%), 91 (60%).

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