Hydrochloric Acid → 4-Propylheptan-4-amine--hydrogen chloride (1/1)

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Into a three-necked flask equipped with a mechanical stirrer, a dropping-funnel, a thermometer and a condenser, were introduced 200 ml of water and 90 ml of concentrated hydrochloric acid (d=1.19). The acid solution was heated to 90° C. and then, under vigorous stirring, 105 g of 1,1-di-n-propyl-n-butylisocyanate, prepared as previously described, were slowly added. The operation of addition lasted one hour after which the reaction medium was heated for a further 4 hours at a temperature between about 95° and 100° C. The mixture was then cooled to about 0° C. and the colourless crystals so obtained were filtered off dried by exposure to the air and then in a dessicator in the presence of potassium hydroxide. In this manner, 99 g of 1,1-di-n-propyl-n-butylamine hydrochloride were isolated in the form of a white crystalline powder.

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