Ethylenediamine → N-phenylstearyl ethylene diamine

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A solution of 15.8 grams (0.04 mole) of phenylstearyl bromide and 19.25 grams (0.32 mole) of ethylene diamine in 250 ml of ethanol was refluxed for 3 hours. The alcohol solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the resulting mixture separated into two layers. The lower layer was removed and 100 ml of water added to the top layer. The oily layer which then formed was dissolved in ether and washed free of residual ethylene diamine with water. The ether solution was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and the ether stripped off under reduced pressure to yield 13 grams (87% crude mass yield) of N-phenylstearyl ethylene diamine having the following analysis:

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