Cyclohexylamine → 8-Methylnonanoic acid cyclohexylamine salt

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From the 8-methylnonanoic acid crude product obtained in Example 1, 8.00 g was dissolved in heptane (30 ml). Cyclohexylamine (6.91 ml, 60.4 mmol) was slowly added dropwise at 0° C. (ice bath), and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 20 minutes. The reaction mixture was filtered to give 8-methylnonanoic acid cyclohexylamine salt (15.7 g).

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