Sodium Hydroxide → 1-[2-(benzyloxy)ethyl]cyclopropan-1-amine

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To a mixture of the compound (24.7 g) obtained in step (1) above, tetraisopropyl orthotitanate (49.4 mL) and methoxycyclopentane (306 mL), ethyl magnesium bromide (about 3 mol/L, solution in diethyl ether, 102 mL) was added at 0° C. and thereafter the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. After adding boron trifluoride/diethylether complex (38.8 mL) at 0° C., the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1.5 hours. After adding water at 0° C., pH was adjusted to 12 by adding a solution of 10% sodium hydroxide in water. The reaction mixture was extracted with chloroform three times. The combined organic layers were washed with saturated brine and then passed through a phase separator and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by NH silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethyl acetate=100:0-5:95) and further purified by silica gel column chromatography (n-hexane:ethylacetate=90:10-5:95, then chloroform:methanol=100:0-90:10) to give 1-[2-(benzyloxy)ethyl]cyclopropaneamine as a pale yellow oil (12.5 g).

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