Abstract
1) The benzylamine derivatives possessing a substituent with comparatively strong -E effect in the para-position, such as the methoxyl, and an aromatic residue bonded to its nitrogen, easily undergo decomposition by acids.
2) Respective decomposition by hydrochloric acid of 2-p-methoxybenzylaminopyrimidine and p-methoxybenzylaniline yielded α-aminopyridine, 2-anzinopyrimidine, and aniline, as the bases, with p, p′-dimethoxydiphenylmethane and formaldehyde.
