disclosed herein a novel , process for the preparation of - 2 - ethyl - n -- 6 - methyl aniline - 1 ]. particularly , the invention relates to the synthesis of - 2 - ethyl - n -- 6 - methyl aniline with excellent selectivity starting from commercially available enantiopure - epichlorohydrin - 2 ] via formation of aziridine intermediate - 4 ].