Potassium Iodide → HCID 20512406, compound

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A mixture of 46.3 g (0.205 moles) of N-(β-chloropropyl)-2,6-diethyl-aniline, obtained as indicated in point (b) above, 61.2 g (0.41 moles) of 2,6-diethylaniline and 1.66 g (10 mmoles) of potassium iodide is stirred at 140° to 145° C. for 4 hours under nitrogen atmoshere. The mixture is allowed to cool, 150 ml of isopropanol are added, and the resulting mixture is stirred at 0° to +5° C. for 2 hours. The separated 2,6-diethyleniline hydrochloride (19.2 g, 25.2%) is filtered off, washed with cold isopropanol and dried. The filtrate is acidified with isopropanolic hydrochloric acid (acid content: about 15 g/100 ml), the separated precipitate is filtered off, washed with cold isopropanol and dried. The resulting crude substance, weighing 72 g, is recrystallized from methanol to obtain 29.4 g (34.8%) of 1,2-bis(2',6'-diethylphenyl-amino)-propane dihydrochloride as a uniform substance; m.p.: 161°-167° C. The base is liberated from this salt as described in point (c) of Example 16 and isolated from the reaction mixture by extraction with chloroform.

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