Methanol → N,N-Dibutyl-N-[(4-methylphenyl)methyl]butan-1-aminium chloride

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Into a 3 l round bottom flask, 176.5 g of tri-n-butylamine and 200 ml of methyl alcohol were charged and heated to 65° C. with stirring. Then, 134.1 g of p-methylbenzyl chloride was added thereto over a period of one hour. Then, this solution was stirred at 65° C. for 10 hours. The heating was stopped, and the solution was cooled to 30° C. Then, 1113 ml of water and 82.4 g of toluene were added thereto, and the mixture was stirred at 30° C. for 30 minutes. Then, the toluene layer was removed to obtain an aqueous solution of tri-n-butyl-p-methylbenzylammonium chloride. To this aqueous solution, 0.3 g of NaHCO3 was added to adjust the pH to 6.8.

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