Phenylacetone → 3-Buten-2-one, 4-(dimethylamino)-3-phenyl-

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A stirred mixture of benzyl methyl ketone (26.8 ml) and dimethylformamide dimethyl acetal (30.0 ml) was heated in a distillation apparatus on an oil bath at 95°-100° C. for 11/2 hours. Methanol slowly distilled off. The residual volatiles were removed under vacuum and the resulting oil was crystallised from ether-petroleum spirit (40°-60° C.) to yield the title compound (mp 66° C.).

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