What is the result of ethyl amine plus 3 moles of methyl iodide?
Ethyl amine + Methyl Iodide
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Since it's easy to alkylate amines (especially with methyls) you can get the ethyl amine product with three methyl groups on it and a positive charge on a nitrogen. That's then a great leaving group, which can be eliminated to give ethene and trimethyl amine.
