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HRID 1883353Generated: October 31, 2026

Ethylene Glycol → Benzylaniline

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthylene GlycolHCID 174—
ReactantBenzylamineHCID 7504—
ReactantIodobenzeneHCID 11575—
ReactantPotassium Phosphate, TribasicHCID 62657—
CatalystCopper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)HCID 24350—
SolventIsopropanolHCID 3776—
SolventEthyl acetate hexaneHCID 21226206—
ProductBenzylanilineHCID 6602891%

Reaction Steps

The general procedure under argon or air was followed using copper(I) iodide (10 mg, 0.05 mmol), K3PO4 (425 mg, 2.00 mmol), benzylamine (131 μL, 1.20 mmol), iodobenzene (112 μL, 1.00 mmol), ethylene glycol (111 μL, 2.00 mmol) and 2-propanol (1.0 mL). Column chromatography using a solvent mixture (hexane/ethyl acetate=20/1, Rƒ=0.6) afforded N-(phenyl)benzylamine (166 mg, 91% isolated yield) as colorless liquid. Spectral data (1H NMR) matched with the literature references and GC analysis indicated >95% purity. See Apodaca, R.; Xiao, W. Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1745-1748.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06759554B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2004_07
ORD IDord-b9fa2ed5523a442c9c022ba47092d32b
Source noteuspto-grants-2004_07