Sodium Hydroxide → 2-Amino-1-(3-chlorophenyl)ethan-1-ol

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To a stirred suspension of LAH (2.36 g, 59 mmol) in dry THF (70 mL) was added a solution of (3-chloro-phenyl)-hydroxy-acetonitrile (4.0 g, 24 mmol) in dry THF (55 mL) dropwise at 0° C. under nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was warmed to 25° C. and then heated at 60° C. for 2 hours. After cooling to 0° C., a saturated solution of sodium hydroxide was added dropwise and extracted with dichloromethane (200 mL). The organic solution was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to dryness. The residue was purified by column chromatography (methanol:dichloromethane, 1:10) to afford 2-amino-1-(3-chloro-phenyl)-ethanol. (Yield 2.86 g, 70%).

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