Acetonitrile is suitable: it dissolves the organic reagents, is polar enough to stabilize the developing ionic products and is an aprotic, relatively unreactive medium. It does not strongly hydrogen-bond-solvate the amine lone pair or compete efficiently as the methylating nucleophile. Sufficient solubility and chemical compatibility matter as well as polarity.

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