The isolation of N-tert-butyl-p-toluidine hydrochloride and the synthesis of mauveine

M. John Plater; William T.A. Harrison

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The isolation of N-tert-butyl-p-toluidine hydrochloride and the synthesis of mauveine

M. John Plater, William T.A. Harrison

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Abstract

Heating p-toluidine hydrochloride in tert-butanol gave a crystalline precipitate of N-tert-butyl-p-toluidine hydrochloride. This compound, now readily available by this simple procedure, was used to make mauveine, which was found by TLC analysis to be identical to authentic mauveine.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	651-654
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Chemical Research
Volume	38
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3184/174751914X14136446204529
Publication status	Published - Nov 2014

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Acknowledgements
We are grateful to the EPSRC national mass spectrometry service centre for mass spectra and to the trustees of the mauveine collection in MoSI for a sample of authentic mauveine.

Keywords

colouring matter
mauve
mauveine
tertiary-butyl

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