Sec-Butylamine → N-sec-Butyl-3,4-dimethyl-2,6-dinitroaniline

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(-)-sec-Butylamine [prepared according to L. Verbit and P. J. Heffron, Journal of Organic Chemistry 32, 3199 (1967)] was reacted with 4-chloro-3,5-dinitro-o-xylene as by the general procedure of Example 5 to give a yellow-orange solid with melting point 37° C. to 38.5° C., [α]D25° =-51.38° (c 2.071, ethanol). Concentrations, abbreviated c herein, are measured in grams per 100 ml. of solution.

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