Formaldehyde → N-{2,6-Dimethyl-4-[methyl-(4-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-amino]-phenyl}-acetamide

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of N-[2,6-dimethyl-4-(4-trifluoromethyl-benzylamino)-phenyl]-acetamide (4a, 1.0 g) and formaldehyde (1 mL) in methanol (20 mL) and acetic acid (1 mL) was slowly added sodium cyanoborohydride (0.30 g). After 15 minutes, the reaction mixture was cooled to 5° C. for 16 hours to precipitate the product, which was collected by filtration and washed with water (100 mL) to furnish 0.63 g (60% yield) of the title compound as a pale yellow solid. LC-MS-TOF (m/z) 351 (MH+); tR=2.58, (UV, ELSD) 99%, 99%. 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6): 1.97 (s, 3H), 2.02 (s, 6H), 2.97 (s, 3H), 4.63 (s, 2H), 7.41 (d, 2H), 7.68 (d, 2H), 8.88 (s, 1H).

Provenance & Evidence