PIHKALAnthologyShulgin_page_429

PIHKALAnthologyShulgin | page 429 | https://thedailydialectics.com/pdfs/education/chemistry/phenylethylenes/PIHKALAnthologyShulgin/PIHKALAnthologyShulgin.pdf

The making of this entailed the proteo counterpart, 1-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-aminobutane. Reaction of 2,5-dimethoxybenzaldehyde with nitropropane in benzene in a Dean Stark apparatus with cyclohexylamine as a catalyst produced 1-(2,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-2-nitrobutene, which crystallized as orange…