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HRID 1796925Generated: October 27, 2026

Dimethylamine → (2-Methyl-benzylidene)-dimethylammonium chloride

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantDimethylamineHCID 674—
ReactantAcetyl chlorideHCID 6367—
Reactant2-MethylbenzaldehydeHCID 10722—
Product(2-Methyl-benzylidene)-dimethylammonium chlorideHCID 21985341—

Reaction Steps

The reaction of 14.0 ml (0.108 mol) dimethylamine solution and 4.6 ml (0.040 mol) 2-methylbenzaldehyde in accordance with general synthesis instructions 1 and subsequent reaction with 2.4 ml (0.040 mol) acetyl chloride in accordance with general synthesis instructions 3 gave 5.3 g (corresponding to 73% of the yield calculated by theory) dimethyl-(2-methyl-benzylidene)-ammonium chloride.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS07034018B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2006_04
ORD IDord-25fa4f8f7ec54913814c1cb9f6298f17
Source noteuspto-grants-2006_04