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HRID 2179176Generated: October 31, 2026

Ethylene Glycol → Benzylaniline

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantEthylene GlycolHCID 174—
ReactantBenzylamineHCID 7504—
ReactantIodobenzeneHCID 11575—
ReactantPotassium Phosphate, TribasicHCID 62657—
CatalystCopper(1+) iodide; Copper(I) iodide; Cuprous iodide; Cuprous iodide (CuI)HCID 24350—
SolventIsopropanolHCID 3776—
SolventEthyl acetate hexaneHCID 21226206—
ProductBenzylanilineHCID 6602891%

Reaction Steps

The general procedure under argon or air was followed using copper(I) iodide (10 mg, 0.05 mmol), K3PO4 (425 mg, 2.00 mmol), benzylamine (131 μL, 1.20 mmol), iodobenzene (112 μL, 1.00 mmol), ethylene glycol (111 μL, 2.00 mmol) and 2-propanol (1.0 mL). Column chromatography using a solvent mixture (hexane/ethyl acetate=20/1, Rf=0.6) afforded N-(phenyl)benzylamine (166 mg, 91% isolated yield) as colorless liquid. Spectral data (1H NMR) matched with the literature references and GC analysis indicated >95% purity. See Apodaca, R.; Xiao, W. Org. Lett. 2001, 3, 1745-1748.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS09067955B2
Source datasetuspto-grants-2015_06
ORD IDord-01ef2eb1a3f540f0ba9a308de95f5369
Source noteuspto-grants-2015_06