Preparation of α, α-Dimethyl-and N, α, α-Trimethyl-β-cyclohexylethylamine

BL Zenitz, EB Macks, ML Moore

Index: Zenitz; Macks; Moore Journal of the American Chemical Society, 1948 , vol. 70, p. 955

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Abstract

The condensation of benzaldehyde with 2-nitropropane, using an adaptation of Kamlet's procedureIa gave only poor yields (8-12%) of the nitro alcohol (I) whereas substantially higher yields were obtained when the condensation was carried out with sodium ethoxide in alcohol. Gakenheimer and Hartung4 observed that the catalytic hydrogenation of certain aliphatic nitro alcohols in neutral medium resulted in a fission of the nitro alkanol chain, ...