Water → (2-Nitrophenyl)(2-phenylethyl)amine

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A mass of 4.8 g (0.04 mol) of 2-phenylethylamine was added dropwise, at ambient temperature, to a mixture of 5.6 g (0.04 mol) of 2-fluoronitrobenzene and 11.06 g (0.08 mol) of anhydrous potassium carbonate in 30 ml of DMSO. The mixture was heated at 100° C. for 3 hours. The mixture was then cooled to ambient temperature and was added to 100 ml of water, which resulted in the precipitation of a light orange compound. The solid was recovered by filtration and dried using a desiccator at reduced pressure. A mass of 9.4 g of orange crystals was obtained with a yield of 98%. The melting point found was coherent with the theoretical value, i.e. 64-66° C.

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