Dimethylamine → Phenol

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0.45 kg of dimethylamine was passed, under normal pressure and at a reaction temperature of 20°-25° C., in the course of 5 hours into a mixture of 1.0 kg of phenol, 0.30 kg of paraformaldehyde and 3.1 kg of methanol and the reaction mixture was then warmed to 60° C. for 1 hour. After distilling off methanol and water in vacuo, 1.551 kg of a mixture which contained 0.242 kg of phenol, 0.605 kg of o-dimethylaminomethylphenol, 0.030 kg of p-dimethylaminomethylphenol, 0.302 kg of bis- and tris-dimethylaminomethylphenol and 0.392 kg of condensation and resinification products was obtained and 0.595 kg (49% of theory, relative to converted phenol), of o-dimethylaminomethylphenol could be obtained from this mixture.

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