Benzhydrylamine → HCID 15113033, compound

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A mixture of benzhydrylamine (25 g, 136.4 mmol) and trimethylsilylmethyl chloride (8.39 g, 68.4 mmol) in acetonitrile (105 ml) was refluxed overnight. Then the mixture was concentrated under vacuum at 70° C. with a rotary evaporator to remove all volatiles. The white residue was mixed with n-heptane (150 ml) and filtered over a glass filter. The salt residue was washed with n-heptane (2×25 ml). The combined heptane filtrates were concentrated under vacuum to give the crude product as a clear, slightly yellow oil (23 g; >100%). Purification by chromatography on silica gel (700 ml) eluting with n-heptane (2000 ml), followed by n-heptane:ethyl acetate (10:1) gave pure diphenyl-N-((trimethylsilyl)methyl)methanamine (5.5 g, 20.4 mmol; 30%).

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