Conversion of benzyl alcohols into benzyldimethylamines by hexamethylphosphoric triamide

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1 January 1971

journal article
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Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Journal of the Chemical Society D: Chemical Communications

No. 17,p. 1018a
https://doi.org/10.1039/c2971001018a

Abstract

Benzyl alcohols react readily with hexamethylphosphoric triamide (HMPT) at reflux affording the corresponding benzyldimethylamines in modest yield.

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