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The tris-2-chloro and 2-bromotribenzylamines are prepared from aqueous ammonia and 2-chlorobenzyl chloride and 2-bromobenzyl bromide, respectively, in ethanol. Recrystallization yielded colorless cubes of each product. The crystal structures are each solved in space group P\(\bar 1\), and are isostructural. The tris-2-chloro compound, 1, has a = 7.4226(5) Å, b = 9.0825(7) Å, c = 14.529(1) Å, α = 78.279(1)∘, β = 82.389(1)∘, γ = 84.661(1)∘, and V = 948.41(12) Å3 with Z = 2, and d calc = 1.368 Mg/m3. The tris-2-bromo analog, 2, has a = 7.6569(11) Å, b = 9.0922(13) Å, c = 14.614(2) Å, α = 79.286(2)∘, β = 81.777(2)∘, γ = 85.401(2)∘, and V = 987.9(2) Å3 with Z = 2, and d calc = 1.762 Mg/m3. Lithium–halogen exchange experiments conducted in tetrahydrofuran at −78∘C using n-butyl lithium revealed that no exchange occurred for the tris-2-chloro compound, but did occur for the tris-2-bromo analog to yield tribenzylamine upon quench and work-up.
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Chen, Q., Buss, C.E., Young, V.G. et al. Synthesis and structural studies of tris-2-chlorobenzylamine and tris-2-bromobenzylamine. J Chem Crystallogr 35, 177–181 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10870-005-2954-5
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