Ammonia → 9-Amino-7-dodecyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine, hydrochloride

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A 4.0 g sample of 9-Chloro-7-dodecyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroacridine was heated at 150° C. as NH3 was bubbled into the solution. After 2 hours the reaction mixture was distributed between 10% NaOH and 2-butanone and then the organic phase was dried and concentrated. The residue was dissolved in Et2O and treated with 5% HCl. The insoluble hydrochloride was filtered off and recrystallized from MeOH/Et2O to give 2.32 g of analytically pure product, m.p. 257° d.

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