Methanol → Methyl 1-amino-4,4-difluorocyclohexanecarboxylate hydrochloride

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Under argon, 4.30 g of the compound from Example 3A were initially charged in 100 ml of methanol at 0 to 5° C. 10 ml of thionyl chloride were added dropwise, and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 30 minutes and at 70° C. for 24 h. The mixture was then cooled to 5° C. and the precipitate was filtered off with suction. The solution was concentrated using a rotary evaporator and the residue was crystallized using methyl tert-butyl ether. This gave 5.20 g (quantitative, still contains salts) of the title compound.

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