K, N-Dimethylaniline ww metallated by refluxing with n-butyl lithium. o-Dimethylaminophenyl- t-carbinols were obtained when the metallation mixture was treated with ketones. Ketones with a hydrogens gave carbinols which dehydrated under the reaction conditions producing the analogous conjugated olefins. The reaction of cyclohexene oxide with metallated dimethylaniline gave predominantly the olefin identical with 1-(o-dimethylaminopheny1) ...
