4-Fluorobenzylamine → Benzeneethanamine, N-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-3-nitro-

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2-(3-nitrophenyl)acetaldehyde (1.2 g, 7.33 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (50 mL) and 4-fluorobenzylamine (1.88 g, 14.67 mmol) was added at 15° C. followed by 1-2 drops of glacial acetic acid. The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours then sodium borohydride (0.14 g, 3.6 6 mmol) was added in lots at 0-10° C. and the solution allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for a further 2 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into sodium bicarbonate solution (75 mL) and stirred for 15 minutes. The mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2×60 mL) then the combined organic extracts were washed with brine (50 mL) and dried (Na2SO4). The solvents were removed under reduced pressure to afford the crude compound which was purified by column chromatography on neutral silica gel using 1-2% methanol in DCM to afford the title compound (0.793 g, 40%).

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