Water → N,N'-Dibenzyl-3-aminopyrrolidine

1,000 g (5.34 mols) of 1-benzyl-Δ3 -pyrroline-2,5-dione are dissolved in 2.5 l of tetrahydrofuran, and 572 g (5.34 mols) of benzylamine are added with stirring at 10° to 20° C. The mixture is left to stand for 24 hours at room temperature, after which 360 g are removed from the resulting solution (3,848 g of total weight) and added to a solution of 38 g (1 mol) of lithium aluminum hydride in 380 ml of absolute dehydrated tetrahydrofuran. The mixture is refluxed for 20 hours, 500 ml of tetrahydrofuran, 38 g of water and 120 ml of tetrahydrofuran, 38 g of 10% strength potassium hydroxide solution and 114 g of water are then sucessively added to the mixture. The salts are filtered off with suction, washed with tetrahydrofuran, the filtrate is concentrated, and the residue is distilled.