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Synthesis Reference(s)

Journal of the American Chemical Society, 106, p. 1510, 1984 DOI: 10.1021/ja00317a069

InChI:InChI=1/C12H19N/c1-3-4-10-13-11(2)12-8-6-5-7-9-12/h5-9,11,13H,3-4,10H2,1-2H3

Upstream product

• 71475-21-3 N-(1-Phenylethyl)-N-n-butylformamid 
• 109-73-9 N-butylamine 
• 98-86-2 acetophenone 
• 6907-75-1 N-(1-phenylethylidene)butylamine 
• 98-85-1 1-Phenylethanol 
• 111-92-2 dibutylamine 
• 109-65-9 1-bromo-butane 
• 2627-86-3 (-)-α-methylbenzylamine 
• 79919-40-7 N-(1-phenylethyl)butyramide 
• 48104-35-4 R,S-1-Phenylethylamin-Hydrobromid 
• 618-36-0 rac-methylbenzylamine 
• 71-36-3 butan-1-ol 
• 6948-01-2 N-formyl-α-methylbenzylamine 
• 103794-57-6 (R)-O-methyl-N-(α-methylbenzyl)hydroxylamine 

Downstream Products

• 19302-34-2 (S)-(-)-N-(1-phenylethyl)butylamine 
• 628729-62-4 (R)-(+)-N-butyl-N-(α-phenylethyl)amine 
• 1186336-25-3 C₁₄H₂₁NO 

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