3,4-Dimethylbenzoic acid → 3,4-dimethyl-N-(2-methylheptan-4-yl)benzamide

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Prepared in a similar manner to example 4 using 3,4-dimethylbenzoic acid and 2-methylheptan-4-amine (example 2a). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 0.94 (m, 9H); 1.40 (m, 5H); 1.53 (m, 1H); 1.68 (m, 1H); 2.29 (s, 3H); 2.30 (s, 3H); 4.24 (m, 1H); 5.69 (d, 1H); 7.17 (d, 1H); 7.46 (d, 1H); 7.54 (s, 1H). MS (262, M+H).

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