1,2-Diamino-3-(4-aminophenyl)propane → Lanthanum acetate

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The 1,2-diamino-3-(4-aminophenyl)propane (1.0 mmol), is added dropwise, with stirring, to a reaction vessel containing lanthanum(III) acetate hydrate (0.343 g, 1.0 mmol) in 50 mL of anhydrous methanol. The resultant mixture is stirred at room temperature for 15 min; the dicarbonyl dipyridine-three-quarter-cycle (0.354 g, 1.0 mmol) is then added and the mixture is heated under reflux conditions for 14 hours. The orange colored solution thereby produced is filtered to remove any unreacted lanthanum acetate and is evaporated to dryness under reduced pressure at 60° C. in a rotary evaporator. The residue is worked up in diethylether to yield a solid product, which is purified by repeated crystallization from chloroform-diethylether, until the IR and NMR (1H and 13C) spectra show the presence of the pure macrocyclic complex.

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