in methanol soln. of benzylamine in MeOH treated with soln. of Li2PdCl4 in MeOH, kept for 24 h at 24-33 °C; ppt. sepd., washed with MeOH, dried at room temp., dissolved in hot CHCl3, filtered through column of Celite, filtrate crystd. from CHCl3 or CHCl3/MeOH; elem. anal.;