Water → N,N-dibutyl-4-ethynylaniline

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Potassium hydroxide (5 mL, 2 M) was added to a solution of 4-trimethysilylethynyl-N,N-dibutylaniline (3 g, 9.1 mmol) in MeOH (100 mL) with stirring. The solution was stirred at 40° C. for 0.5 h, poured into water (200 mL), extracted with Et2O (3×50 mL), washed with water (50 mL), dried (MgSO4) and the solvent removed under reduced pressure to give the title compound (2.35 g, 100%) as a brown oil.

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