Ammonia → 2,2-Dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-amine

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6.1 g (47 mmol) of 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxan-5-one (D. Enders, B. Bockstiegel, Synthesis 1989, 493, incorporated herein by reference) were subjected to reductive amination in 50 ml of ammonia—saturated methanol in an autoclave at 50° C. under a hydrogen pressure of 100 bar, using Raney nickel as the catalyst. After the catalyst had been filtered off and the filtrate concentrated, 4.8 g of a brown oil were obtained, this being further reacted without purification.

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