Ethyl formate → N-(2,4-Dimethoxy-benzyl)-formamide

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2,4-Dimethoxybenzylamine (2.00 mL, 12.3 mmol) and the ethyl formate (4.96 mL, 61.4 mmol) were stirred at rt. After 18 h, the reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo. The resulting solid was washed with ether and collected by filtration to afford the product as an off-white solid (1.5 g, 59%).

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