Phenethylamine → 2-(4-Dimethylamino-4-phenylcyclohexylidene)-N-phenylethylacetamide

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1-Hydroxybenzotriazole (273 mg, 2.0 mmol), 2-phenylethylamine (0.125 ml, 1.0 mmol) and N-methylmorpholine (0.222 ml, 2.0 mmol) were added to a solution of (4-dimethylamino-4-phenylcyclohexylidene)acetic acid hydrochloride (296 mg, 1.0 mmol) in dry dimethylformamide (10 ml) under argon. The solution was cooled to 0° C. and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (417 mg, 2.0 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at RT for 10 d. Working up of the mixture was carried out by separating off the urea which had precipitated out and introducing the filtrate into a mixture of saturated NaCl solution (40 ml) and saturated NaHCO3 solution (10 ml). Still further urea thereby precipitated out and was separated off. 5 M sodium hydroxide solution (4 ml, 20 mmol) was added to the aqueous phase and the mixture was diluted with water (300 ml) and stored at 5° C. for 3 d. The product thereby precipitated out as a colourless solid in a yield of 62% (223 mg) and with an m.p. of 153-155° C.

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