DIMETHYL-7-CYCLOPENTYLIDENEY-PHENYLPROPYLAMINE
July, 1949
[CONTRIBUTION FROM THE STERLING-LVINTHROP
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RESEARCH INSTITUTE 1
The Preparation of Dimethyl-7-cyclopentylidene-7-phenylpropylamine and Related Compounds BY MARYJACKMAN, C. BOLEN,F. C. NACHOD, B. F. TULLAR AND S. ARCHER Some unpublished work in this laboratory1 revealed that cleavage of a-aryl-a- A1-cyclohexenyl-y-dialkylaminobutyronitrileswith excess sodium amide resulted in the formation of the amine, I, without migration of the double bond, thus CN
+Ar-CH-CH2CH1N
