Methyl Isobutyl Ketone → HCID 19827543, compound

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159.1 g of 2,4-difluoronitrobenzene and 150 g of 4-methylpentan-2-one are mixed in 1.2 1 of methanol with 3 g of concentrated H2SO4 and 5 g of 5% Pt/C, and the mixture is catalytically hydrogenated for 3 hours at 30°-35° under a constant 5 bar of H2. The progress of the hydrogenation is monitored by thin-layer chromatography on silica gel using the mixture petroleum ether/dioxane 4:1 as the mobile phase. When the reaction is complete, the catalyst is filtered off and the solvent is removed by distillation on a rotary evaporator. A brown oil remains which, after removal of some resinous by-product, is rectified in vacuo. The fraction of boiling point 120°-125° at 14 mbar is collected. 173.4 g of N-(1,3-dimethylbutyl)-2,4-difluoroaniline are obtained as a colourless oil.

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