Triethylamine → HCID 13279935, compound

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Cyclohexylacetyl chloride (3.21 g) in dry ether (100 ml) was added over 30 minutes to a stirred mixture of 1-[1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]ethylamine (4.88 g), triethylamine (2.5 g) and dry ether (100 ml) at 0°-6° C. After stirring for a further 3 hours the mixture was filtered and the residue was washed with dry ether. The filtrate and washings were combined, dried and evaporated. The residue was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) and the solution heated under reflux in an atmosphere of nitrogen. Borane-methyl sulphide complex (3 ml) was added from a syringe. The resulting mixture was heated under reflux for 12 hours after which it was cooled and ice-water and then 5N hydrochloric acid were added. The organic solvent was removed by evaporation and the residue was cooled, basified with 5N sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with ether. The extracts were washed with water, dried and the ether removed by evaporation. From the residue N-(2-cyclohexylethyl)-1-[1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)cyclobutyl]ethylamine was obtained by distillation (b.p. 170° C./0.5 mm Hg).

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