Dimethylmethylenammonium chloride → HCID 67064696, compound

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Reaction Steps

0.03 mol of 2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzylidene)cyclopentanone was dissolved in mL anhydrous acetonitrile, treated with 8.4 g (0.09 mol) of N,N-dimethyl-methylene ammonium chloride under refluxing, refluxed for 12 h to yield a solid product which was suction filtered, dried and recrystallized in acetonitrile/chloroform to yield 2-(3-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzylidene)-5-dimethylaminomethyl cyclopentanone hydrochloride with a yield of 93.5%.

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