N,N-Dimethylformamide dibutyl acetal is the suitable reagent used for the simultaneous quantification of cocaine and its primary metabolite, benzoyl ecgonine, from a urine matrix by gas-chromatography. It may be used as reagent for the esterification of fatty acids.
N,N-Dimethylformamide dibutyl acetal (1,1-Dibutoxytrimethylamine, 1,1-Dibutoxy-N,N-dimethylmethylamine) is a dimethylformamide dialkyl acetal. Its synthesis has been reported by Meerwin and coworkers by reaction of N,N-Dimethylformamide diethyl acetal with butanol.
