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synthesize (from N,N-dimethyl aniline)

sohushi - 23-3-2006 at 19:33

I want to synthesize N,N-dimethyl-4-acetyl -aniline from N,N-dimethyl aniline.
But i did not get

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The_Davster - 23-3-2006 at 20:36

You likely got acetylation of the nitrogen and one of the methyls got sucked off and became something else(methyl chloride?). What exactly did you do? Standard type friedel crafts acylation?

sohushi - 23-3-2006 at 23:28

In a three-necked round bottomed flask equipped with a thermometer and a dropping
funnel ,is dissolved one parts N,N-dimethyl aniline ,2.1 parts AlCl3 and some CH2Cl2.
then dropped 1.1 parts CH3COCl ,after 1 hour, the N,N-dimethyl aniline did not react by TLC