Methyl iodide → 2-[[Acetyl[4-(tetradecyloxy)benzoyl]amino]methyl]-1-methylpyridinium iodide

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Reaction Steps

A mixture of 0.808 g of product from Example 5 and 5.39 ml of methyl iodide is heated, in a sealed dark tube, at 115° C. for 23 hours. The cooled reaction mixture is concentrated in vacuo and the residue purified by column chromatography (silica gel: 20% methyl alcohol/chloroform) to give 0.63 g of the desired product as cream crystals.

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