Benzylamine → 1-Benzylaminotridecane-2,3-diol

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Reaction Steps

A 500-ml flask equipped with a stirrer was charged with 107 g (1 mol) of benzylamine, to which a solution of 5.2 g (71 mmol) of 1,2-epoxy-3-tridecanol in 170 ml of dioxane was added dropwise over 2 hours. After completion of the dropping, a reaction was conducted further for 12 hours at 80° C. Dioxane and excess benzylamine were distilled off under reduced pressure. The resultant residue was recrystallized from hexane, thereby obtaining 16.4 g (yield: 72%) of the title compound (IIh-1).

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