Water → N,N-dibenzyl-N'-(2-methoxyphenyl)ethylenediamine

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To a stirred slurry of 11 g of lithium aluminum hydride in 250 ml anhydrous THF under nitrogen was added dropwise a solution of 43.6 g of 2-[bis(phenylmethyl)amino]-N-(2-methoxyphenyl)acetamide in 500 ml anhydrous tetrahydrofuran and stirred overnight at room temperature. After cooling to 0°, the mixture was treated cautiously in succession with 50 ml of water. The granular precipitate was separated by filtration and washed several times with methylene chloride. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness, the residue dissolved in ether and the organic phase extracted with 3N hydrochloric acid. the water phase was made alkaline with 3N sodium hydroxide and the base extracted with methylene chloride. The organic layer was washed with water, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated at reduced pressure. The crude syrup (36.9 g) was chromatographed on silica gel column packed in methylene chloride. Elution with methylene chloride provided N,N-dibenzyl-N'-(2-methoxyphenyl)ethylenediamine (22.8 g) in the form of an oil.

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