2-Chlorotoluene → N-Benzyl-o-toluidine

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According to the general procedure A, 2-chlorotoluene (66 mg, 0.52 mmol) reacted with benzylamine (68 mg, 0.64 mmol) using 1 mol % of Pd(dba)2, 2 mol % of Ph5FcP(t-Bu)2, and sodium tert-butoxide (60 mg, 0.63 mmol) in toluene at 100° C. for 4 h to give the title compound (99 mg, 96%) as a solid after recrystallization from hexane: 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.48-7.35 (m, 5H), 7.14 (m, 2H), 6.75 (t, 1H, J=7.2 and 7.5 Hz), 6.68 (d, 1H, J=7.8 Hz), 4.44 (s, 2H), 3.93 (bs, 1H), 2.24 (s, 3H). 13C{1H}-NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): δ 146.01, 139.46, 130.02, 128.62, 127.50, 127.20, 127.12, 121.86, 117.13, 109.93, 48.26, 17.52. GC/MS(EI): m/z 197 (M+), 120, 106. Anal. Calcd for C14H15N: C, 85.24; H, 7.66; N, 7.10. Found: C, 84.98; H, 7.64; N, 7.20.

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