Acetic Acid → N-(3-Iodobenzyl)-N,N-dimethylamine

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To a cold (0° C.) solution of 3-iodo-benzaldehyde (3 g, 12.9 mmol) in anhydrous dichloromethane (130 ml) were added acetic acid (1.9 ml) and N,N-dimethylacetamide. The yellow solution is stirred 10 minutes at 0° C. and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (6.85 g, 32.33 mmoles) is added by portions. The resulting mixture is stirred at room temperature for 90 minutes and evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure. Ethyl acetate and a saturated aqueous hydrogen carbonate solution were added to the residue and the two layers were separated The organic phase was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under vacuum to yield (3-iodo-benzyl)-dimethyl-amine (3.05 g, 90%) as a brown oil.

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