Propionic Acid → HCID 22167639, compound

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Sodium borohydride (6.62 g) was added in portions to propionic acid (52.5 ml), cooled to 5°, maintaining the temperature below 20°. N-methyloctylamine (5 g) was added dropwise, keeping the temperature at 20°. The reaction was stirred at 80° for 3 hours, cooled and basified with 2N sodium hydroxide. The aqueous solution was extracted with dichloromethane (2×75 ml). The combined extracts were dried with anhydrous magnesium sulphate and evaporated to dryness. The resulting oil was purified by column chromatography to give N-methyl-N-propyloctylamine as a colourless oil (4.09 g, 63%).

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