Benzhydrylamine → Formamidine, N,N-dimethyl-N'-diphenylmethyl-

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A solution of 9.15 g (50 mmol) of (diphenylmethyl)amine and 8.33 g (70 mmol of dimethylformamide dimethylacetal in 25 mL of dichloromethane was refluxed briefly and slowly distilled through a Vigreux column, distilling off all material that boiled at or below 90°. The residue was stripped in vacuo, poured into water, cooled, and the resulting solid filtered off. After drying, it was recrystallized from hexane to provide 8.3 g (70%) of N'-(diphenylmethyl)-N,N-dimethylmethanimidamide, mp 58-60.

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