9,10-Bis(chloromethyl)anthracene → 9,10-Anthracenedimethanamine, N,N'-bis(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl)-

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Reaction Steps

1.0 g (0.0036 mol) of 9,10-dichloromethylanthracene (0.0036 mol) is refluxed for 20 minutes with 15 g of 2-dimethylaminoethylamine. The reaction mixture is added to water and the precipitate collected by filtration. The dried solid is then recrystallised from ethyl acetate to yield 0.5 g of the title compound as yellow crystals, m.p. 58°-60° C.; λmax (distilled water) (E/cm/M) 248 nm (51760), 372 nm (9030), 392 nm (8305).

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