Water → 3-Amino-2-phenylpropan-1-ol

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To the suspension of ethyl phenylcyanoacetate (1.0 g, 5.3 mmol) in anhydrous ether (200 mL) was added lithium aluminum hydride at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 18 h. After adding water (1 equiv.), 15% sodium hydroxide (1 equiv.) and water (3 equiv.) to the above solution, the precipitation was removed by filtration. The filtrate was concentrate to dry by lyophilization. Flash chromatography (Merck Silica gel 60, 70-230 mesh, 0%-10% methanol in methylene chloride (0.1% NH4OH) in 30 min afforded 3-hydroxy-2-phenyl-propylamine (0.16 g, 20%).

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