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Title:	Investigation of the acid degradation of 2-(4-methoxybenzylamino)-pyridine
Author:	Oropollo, Anthony Thomas
View Online:	njit-etd1954-012 ([4], 29 pages ~ 1.3 MB pdf)
Department:	Department of Chemical Engineering
Degree:	Master of Science
Program:	Chemical Engineering
Document Type:	Thesis
Advisory Committee:	Bradley, James A. (Committee chair)
Date:	1954-05
Keywords:	Pyridine
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Abstract:	This paper represents work done in connection with an investigation of the products resulting from the reaction of dilute sulfuric acid and 2-(4-methoxybenzyl-amino)-pyridine. Brief contact between these reactants at temperatures below 80°C give rise to a water soluble salt of the amine. The amine may be precipitated from the solution by the addition of sufficient alkali. Under the conditions considered in this paper, prolonged contact of reactants at temperatures above 80°C, a non-crystalline condensation product is obtained in addition to the amine salt. Attempts to identify this product were unsuccessful. However, in connection with the characterization work, two relatively little known compounds were produced and identified, 4,41-dimethoxybenzophenone and 4,4'-dimethoxy-diphenylmethane.