Dimethylformamide → Dibenzyl-(2,4-difluoro-phenyl)-amine

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To 2,4-difluoro-phenylamine (a, 2.0 g, 15.5 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL) potassium carbonate (6.0 g, 45 mmol) and benzyl bromide (5.49 mL, 35 mmol) were added. The reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction was poured into water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and purified by silica gel column chromatography eluting with hexane to give dibenzyl-(2,4-difluoro-phenyl)-amine as colourless oil (4.34 g, 90%).

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