2-Methoxy-4-nitroaniline → HCID 18416158, compound

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This compound was prepared according to General Method 3 (EXAMPLE 1) from 2-amino-5-nitroanisole (1.00 g, 5.95 mmol), p-anisaldehyde (1.62 g, 11.9 mmol), NaBH3CN (0.373 g, 5.95 mmol) in 100 mL acetic acid to afford 1.25 g (75%) of (2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)-(4-methoxybenzyl)amine, an orange solid, after washing the crude product with 4:1 hexanes:EtOAc. Data for (2-methoxy-4-nitrophenyl)-(4-methoxybenzyl)amine: Rf 0.80 (3:2 EtOAc:hexanes); 1NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.88 (dd, 1H, J=8.8, 2.4), 7.64 (d, 1H, J=2.4), 7.22-7.28 (m, 2H), 6.85-6.90 (m, 2H), 6.51 (d, 1H, J=9.0), 5.31 (broad s, 1H), 4.38 (d, 2H, J=5.4), 3.93 (s, 3H), 3.82 (s, 3H).

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