Uses
N,N-Dimethyl-2-phenylethanamine is used in the study of photolytic decomposition products of UV-photoinitiators in food packaging. N,N-Dimethyl-2-phenylethanamine is also a useful reagent in organic synthesis.
Definition
ChEBI: N,N-Dimethylphenethylamine is a primary amine.
Preparation
N,N-Dimethyl-2-phenylethylamine is synthesized by the reaction of phenethylamine with formaldehyde and formic acid.
Synthesis Reference(s)
Organic Syntheses, Coll. Vol. 3, p. 723, 1955
Tetrahedron Letters, 21, p. 4061, 1980
DOI: 10.1016/0040-4039(80)88066-X