Water → 3-Hydroxy-4-aminomethyl-1-phenylmethyl pyrrolidine

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In a dry flask was place 1.34 g (35.0 mmol) of lithium aluminum hydride in 20 ml dry tetrahydrofuran cooled to -5° C. To this suspension was added dropwise 2.58 g (11.7 mmol) of 3-hydroxy-4-aminocarbonyl-1-phenylmethyl pyrrolidine. After completion of addition the suspension was warmed 2 hours under reflux, cooled. It was successively added 35 ml dichloromethane, 50 ml tetrahydrofuran and 2.3 ml water. The suspension was passed through a celite pad. The solvent removed to give 2.19 g (90.8%) of title compound as an oil.

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