O-Toluidine → 2-Methyl-N-(1-methylethyl)benzenamine

HRID 974522Notes

Reaction equation

HRID 974522 reaction equation
[NH2:1][C:2]1[C:3]([CH3:8])=[CH:4][CH:5]=[CH:6][CH:7]=1.[CH2:9]=[CH:10][CH3:11].[O-2].[O-2].[O-2].[Al+3].[Al+3]>>[CH3:8][C:3]1[CH:4]=[CH:5][CH:6]=[CH:7][C:2]=1[NH:1][CH:10]([CH3:11])[CH3:9]

Participants

4

Reactant 3

HCID 7242O-Toluidine2×HCID 8252PropyleneHCID 9989226Alumina

Product 1

HCID 5198332-Methyl-N-(1-methylethyl)benzenamine

Procedure

The procedure of Example 3 was repeated using the fixed bed catalytic reactor, except that ortho toluidine or rather 2-methyl-aniline was alkylated with propylene in the presence of gamma-alumina. Table 3 below sets forth the reaction conditions and product selectivity.

Workup

  1. customTable 3 below sets forth the reaction conditions and product selectivity

Sources & evidence

ORD record
ord-05aa14d031a348f4bedae423e4f44aba
Source dataset
uspto-grants-1991_11
Patent number
US05068435

Reaction notes

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