Benzylamine → Benzyl-(1-amino-3-chloro-2-propanol)

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Epichlorohydrin (39 ml, 0.5 mol) and benzylamine (54.6 ml, 0.5 mol) were dissolved in petroleum ether (500 ml), stirred at room temperature for 48 hours, and filtered. The resulting solid product was dissolved in toluene (50 ml), and normal hexane (500 ml) was added to the resulting solution to obtain the title compound as a crystalline form in a yield of 43%.

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