Hydrochloric Acid → 2-Hydroxy-3-methyl-2-(trifluoromethyl)butan-1-aminium chloride

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To a solution of 1,1,1-trifluoro-3-methyl-2-(nitromethyl)butan-2-ol (753 mg, 3.74 mmol) in EtOH (10 ml) in a 25 ml medium pressure glass hydrogenation vessel under N2, 10% Pd on carbon (39.8 mg, 0.374 mmol) was added. The vessel was flushed with N2, followed by H2 (22.64 mg, 11.23 mmol) at 5 bar pressure and stirred at RT for 6 days. The mixture was filtered through Celite® and washed through with EtOH (30 ml), followed by DCM (10 ml). The filtrate was concentrated under vacuum to give a colourless oil. The crude product was taken up in methanol (20 ml) and treated with a 1.25M HCl in methanol solution. The resulting colourless solution was stirred at RT for 1 hour and concentrated under vacuum to afford the title compound;

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