Pyridine → Octadecylamine

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A mixture of 39.4 g of the solid obtained in Intermediate Preparatory Example 5, 26.9 g of n-octadecylamine, 1.5 g of pyridine, and 100 g of xylene was stirred at a temperature of 120° C. for 5 hours. After cooling, the mixture was charged to 1.0 liter of methanol over 15 min with stirring and the stirring was continued for a further 1 hour. The deposited solid was collected by filtering and dried under reduced pressure, to obtain 57 g of a pale whitish yellow solid.

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