Acetone → 4-methyl-N-(propan-2-yl)aniline

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 5.65 g (52.7 mmol) p-Toluidine and 3.21 g (55.4 mmol, 1.05 equiv) Acetone in 50 mL DCE is added 14.52 g (68.5 mmol, 1.3 equiv) Sodium triacetoxyborohydride and stirred 18 h at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture is diluted with DCM (200 mL), washed successively with H2O (75 mL), satd. NaHCO3 (75 mL), and brine (75 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give 7.67 g (51.4 mmol) of Isopropyl-p-tolyl-amine as a pale amber oil: 1H NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ7.00 (d, 2H, J=8.3), 6.54 (d, 2H, J=8.4), 3.61 (m, 1H), 2.25 (s, 3H), 1.21 (d, 6H, J=6.3); TLC Rf =0.50 (EtOAc/Hexanes, 1:9).

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