Butanal → 2,3-Dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-2-propyl perimidine

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A mixture of N,N'-dimethyl-1,8-naphthalene diamine (prepared in Example 1) (0.93 g, 5 mmol), distilled butyraldehyde (0.43 g, 6 mmol), p-toluene sulfonic acid (5 mg), and tetrahydrofuran (5 ml), was stirred at room temperature for 15 minutes. The mixture was basified with 25% sodium hydroxide (1.0 ml), diluted with water (20 ml) and extracted with ethyl ether (100 ml). The extract was dried over potassium carbonate and concentrated to an oil which was recrystallized from ether-hexane to give crystals of 2,3-dihydro-1,3-dimethyl-2-propyl perimidine: mp 70°-71° C.; NMR (CDCl3) 7.08(m, 4H), 6.29(m, 2H), 4.22(t, 1H), 3.03(s, 6H), 1.4(m, 4H), 0.8(t, 3H); IR (KBr) 1592, 1582 cm-1.

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