Methylamine → 1-(3,4-Dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)ethanone hydrobromide

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To isopropanol (200 ml), 40% aqueous methylamine solution (133 ml) was added and stirred under ice-cooling. 2-Bromo-1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)ethanone (8.47 g, 33 mmol) was dissolved in isopropanol (10 ml) and dichloromethane (10 ml) and dropwise added to the reaction mixture over 1 hour. After the dropwise addition, the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes under ice-cooling. The solvent in the reaction mixture was distilled out at room temperature under reduced pressure and the precipitated crystal was filtered to yield 1-(3,4-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-(methylamino)ethanone hydrobromide (6.36 g, 67%).

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