Phenethylamine → Formamide, N-(2-phenylethyl)-

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Into a 100-mL 3-necked round-bottom flask purged and maintained with an inert atmosphere of nitrogen, was placed 2-phenylethanamine (1.9 g, 15.70 mmol, 1.00 equiv). This was followed by the addition of ethyl formate (5 g, 67.57 mmol, 4.30 equiv) dropwise with stirring. The resulting solution was stirred overnight at 50° C. The resulting solution was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was applied onto a silica gel column with dichloromethane/methanol (70:1). This resulted in 2.27 g (97%) of N-phenethylformamide as yellow oil.

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