Formaldehyde → HCID 70011202, compound

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Reaction Steps

2-[2-Hydroxy-5-tert-octylphenyl]-2H-benzotriazole (30 g, 0.092 mol), paraformaldehyde (3 g, 0.0955 mol) and di-n-butylamine (24.9 g, 0.191 mol) are charged to a pressure reaction at ambient temperature. The reactor is sealed and the temperature raised to 160° C. The reaction mass is held at 160° C. for four hours and then discharged. The reactor is rinsed with toluene. The toluene, amine and water are stripped by rotary evaporation. The crude product is prepared in a 96% yield (40 g). This product is chromatographed on silica gel using a heptane/ethyl acetate gradient as eluent to remove a trace of unreacted starting benzotriazole intermediate. The title compound is a yellow oil whose structure is confirmed by 1Hnmr.

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