ABSTRACTWater-immiscible, acid -soluble N- (aminomethyl)carboxamides such as N-(diethylaminomethyl)acrylamideare readily prepared by (1) reacting under acidic condi-tions a carboxamide such as acrylamide with a loweraldehyde such as formaldehyde and a moderately water--soluble secondary amine such as diethylamine and(2) recovering the resulting water-lmmiscible aminomethylderivative of carboxamide from the acidic reaction mix-ture by adjusting the pH of the reaction mixture to avalue of 7 or higher, whereby the water-immiscible deriva-tive separates from the reaction mixture.
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