Benzaldehyde → HCID 16655564, compound

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Reaction Steps

(S)-2-Amino-3,3-dimethylbutan-1-ol (4.01 g, 34.2 mmol) was dissolved in benzene (120 mL). Benzaldehyde (3.65 mL, 35.9 mmol) and p-TsOH monohydrate (1.302 mg, 6.84 μmmol) were added. The reaction mixture was heated at reflux for 5 h using Dean-Stark to remove water, the mixture was then concentrated. The residue was dissolved in anhydrous MeOH (100 mL), cooled down in an ice-water bath, and added sodium borohydride (1.942 g, 51.3 mmol) slowly. The reaction mixture was stirred for 30 min, quenched with 1 N NaOH solution, diluted with water, and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics were washed with water, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered, then concentrated to give the title compound (5.77 g) as a colorless oil without further purification. LCMS m/z=208.2 [M+H]+; 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 0.88 (s, 9H), 2.33 (dd, J=6.4 and 4.7 Hz, 1H), 3.34 (dd, J=10.6 and 6.4 Hz, 1H), 3.59 (dd, J=10.6 and 4.7 Hz, 1H), 3.76 and 3.85 (dd, J=12.8 Hz, 2H), 7.20-7.27 (m, 5H).

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