aluminium trichloride in dichloromethane 3 h; Heating; Yield given;

1: AlCl3 / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / Heating 2: 60 percent / benzyltrimethylammonium chloride, NaOH / CH2Cl2 / 4 h / Heating 3: 97 percent / benzyltrimethylammonium chloride, NaOH / CH2Cl2 / 2 h / Ambient temperature View Scheme

1: AlCl3 / CH2Cl2 / 3 h / Heating 2: 60 percent / benzyltrimethylammonium chloride, NaOH / CH2Cl2 / 4 h / Heating 3: 97 percent / benzyltrimethylammonium chloride, NaOH / CH2Cl2 / 2 h / Ambient temperature 4: 95 percent / n-butyl nitrite, HCl / diethyl ether / 1 h / Ambient temperature 5: 72 percent / H2, H2SO4, AcOH / 5percent Pd/C / 2844.3 Torr / Ambient temperature View Scheme