N,N,2-Trimethylaniline → HCID 178506851, compound

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To a mixture of 23 ml of a 1.6 M solution of butyllithium in hexane and 10 ml of ethyl ether was added 5.0 g of N,N-dimethyl-o-toluidine with stirring. The mixture gradually became yellow and overnight a pale yellow solid was deposited. It was separated by filtration and dried, to give 2.0 g of 2-dimethylaminobenzyllithium.

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