Formaldehyde → benzyl 2-(N-methyleneamino)-2-methylpropanoate

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To benzyl 2-amino-2-methylbutyrate (12.96 g) was dropped at room temperature 37% formalin (7.62 g), and the mixture was stirred for 4 h. 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 (13.7 g).

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