Hydrochloric Acid → Hydrochloric Acid

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A solution of 2-[4-(4-isopropyl-benzenesulfonylmethyl)-phenyl]-acetamide (1.37 g, 4.13 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (30 ml) was refluxed and then a solution of borane-dimethylsulfid complex (2M in tetrahydrofuran, 10.33 mmol) was added. The mixture was refluxed for 2 h. The mixture was allowed to cool down to room temperature and adjusted to pH=1 with a solution of HCl in ethanol (2M). After stirring the mixture for 15 min the solvents were evaporated under reduce pressure. Diethyl ether was added to residue. A slurry of the resulting white powder in diethyl ether was stirred for 15 min. The remaining solid was collected, washed with diethyl ether, and dried in a vacuum oven to give white crystals of 2-[4-(4-isopropyl-benzenesulfonylmethyl)-phenyl]-ethylamine×HCl (1.36 g, 92.6%).

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