Hydrochloric Acid → N-benzyl-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-biphenylcarboxamide

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A mixture of 7.84 parts of 3,4-dihydro-8-phenylisocoumarin and 8 parts of benzylamine hydrobromide in 40 parts by volume of benzylamine is stirred at about 160° C. for about 4 hours. The reaction solution is then cooled and poured into 500 parts by volume of 5% hydrochloric acid. The oil which separates is extracted into methylene chloride and the extracts are washed with several portions of 5% hydrochloric acid, water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and the solvent removed to give, as a solid, N-benzyl-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)-2-biphenylcarboxamide. The solid is recrystallized from a mixture of chloroform and hexane to give white flocculant crystals melting at about 129°-130° C. This compound has the following formula ##STR13##

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