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HRID 2070977Generated: October 30, 2026

Formaldehyde → N-[3-(Aminomethyl)phenyl]-N-methylamine

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantFormaldehydeHCID 712—
ReactantSodium cyanoborohydrideHCID 5003444—
Reactanttert-butyl N-((3-aminophenyl)methyl)carbamateHCID 10775412—
ReactantTert-butyl 3-(methylamino)benzylcarbamateHCID 57763264—
ProductN-[3-(Aminomethyl)phenyl]-N-methylamineHCID 2760940—

Reaction Steps

Tert-butyl 3-aminobenzylcarbamate was converted to tert-butyl 3-(methylamino)benzylcarbamate following standard reductive amination conditions using formaldehyde and sodium cyanoborohydride. 3-(aminomethyl)-N-methylaniline was then generated by removal of the Boc protecting group by treatment with HCl (in methanol or dioxane) or trifluoroacetic acid in dichloromethane.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS08299267B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2012_10
ORD IDord-0aca1f357e754aebb5652c1c94153a63
Source noteuspto-grants-2012_10