Formaldehyde → Methyl 2-(N-methylenamino)-2-methylbutyrate

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To methyl 2-amino-2-methylbutyrate (2.62 g) was dropped at room temperature 37% formalin (2.27 g), and the mixture was stirred for 4 h. Then the reaction mixture was dissolved in ether and washed with water. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to get the captioned compound (2.80 g).

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