Dimethylamine → HCID 14751337, compound

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3-(1,1-Dimethylethyl)-4-hydroxy-4'-methylbenzophenone (2.68 g) was suspended in 45 ml of ethanol and heated with stirring to reflux for 8 hours with 1.80 g of a 50% aqueous solution of dimethylamine and 1.7 g of a 35% aqueous solution of formaldehyde. Insoluble material was filtered off, the filtrate evaporated to dryness in vacuo, and the residue crystallized from ethanol to give 2.36 g of white crystals, m.p. 123°-124.5° C.

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