Acetaldehyde → HCID 19030393, compound

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90% Acetaldehyde (19.55 g) was added dropwise to cycloheptylamine (45.28 g) with ice bath cooling over about 2 hours. After the completion of the dropwise addition, potassium hydroxide, in solid form, was added and the organic layer was separated by a separatory funnel. This liquid was distilled under reduced pressure to obtain pure N-ethylidenecycloheptylamine (47.92 g). b.p. 100°-104° C./106.4 mbar.

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