Methyl Chloride → Farnesylacetylaminoethyltrimethylammonium chloride

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A three-necked flask equipped with a thermometer, a reflux condenser and a gas inlet tube was charged with 10 g of N,N-dimethyl-N'-farnesylacetylethylenediamine prepared by the procedure of Example 1 and 100 ml of acetonitrile. The contents were refluxed for 6 hours while methyl chloride was introduced. Thereafter, the methyl chloride and acetonitrile were distilled off and the remaining product was purified by column chromatography to give 8.6 g of farnesylacetylaminoethyltrimethylammonium chloride. The product was identified by proton NMR and elemental analysis. The NMR data were as follows:

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