Dimethyl Sulfide → 4-Amino-2-phenylbutan-2-ol

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To a solution of 3-hydroxy-3-phenylbutanenitrile (1 g, 6.2 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added dropwise BH3.Me2S (32 mL, 62 mmol) under a N2 atmosphere. The mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The reaction was quenched with MeOH (10 mL). The mixture was concentrated to give crude 4-amino-2-phenylbutan-2-ol (1.2 g, crude), which was used in the next step without further purification.

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