Collect. Czech. Chem. Commun. 1987, 52, 2047-2056
https://doi.org/10.1135/cccc19872047

Hydroboration of N,N-dimethyl(2-vinylbenzyl)amine

Stanislav Kafka, Petr Trška, Jan Kytner, Petr Taufmann and Miloslav Ferles

Department of Organic Chemistry, Prague Institute of Chemical Technology, 166 28 Prague 6

Abstract

Hydroboration of N,N-dimethyl(2-vinylbenzyl)amine followed by oxidation afforded a mixture of primary and secondary alcohol, i.e. 2-(2-dimethylaminomethylphenyl)ethanol and 1-(2-dimethylaminomethylphenyl)ethanol, together with the reduction product – 2-ethyl(N,N-dimethylbenzylamine).