Aluminium lithium hydride → 1-[4-(Trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]cyclopentanemethanamine

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To lithium aluminum hydride (379 mg, 10 mmol) in Et2O (10 mL) was added dropwise a solution of 1-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)cyclopentanecarbonitrile (905 mg, 4 mmol) in Et2O (5 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 16 h and then quenched with saturated sodium sulfate solution (3 mL) and extracted with Et2O. The organic layer was dried with sodium sulfate and evaporated in vacuo to give (1-(4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl)cyclopentyl)methanamine as an oil (810 mg, 77%).

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