2-Nitropropane → HCID 14662638, compound

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18 ml of 2-nitropropane and 16.5 ml of pyrrolidine were dissolved in 60 ml of dioxan. 15 ml of aqueous formaldehyde solution (37%) and 8 ml of 2% sodium hydroxide solution were added at 5° C. The mixture was heated to 90° C. while stirring for 1 hour, cooled and thereafter extracted with 3×150 ml of ethyl acetate. Upon distillation in a water-jet vacuum, we obtained 19 g of 1-(2-nitro-2-methylpropyl)-pyrrolidine.

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