Benzaldehyde → Benzylaniline

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Benzaldehyde (31.84 g, 0.300 mol) and aniline (27.94 g, 0.300 mol) in benzene (100 ml) were heated to remove the water using a Dean-Stark trap. After 5.4 ml of water had been collected, the benzene was stripped off and the residual oil poured into a beaker. On treating with petroleum ether (10-20 ml) the oil crystallized. This mass was suction filtered and washed with some additional petroleum ether. Recrystallization from hexane gave off-white needles.

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