Potassium Hydroxide → 1-(2-Aminophenyl)-3-cyclopropylcyclobutanol

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In a sulfonation flask, a mixture consisting of 2.5 g (0.0108 mol) N-[2-(3-cyclopropyl-1-hydroxy-cyclobutyl)phenyl]-formamide (prepared as described in Example 8), 1.4 g (0.021 mol) potassium hydroxide and 25 ml methanol was stirred at reflux temperature for 4 hours. Then the solvent was distilled off in a water jet vacuum and the residue taken up in 100 ml of ethyl acetate. The organic phase was washed three times with water and after drying with sodium sulphate the solvent was distilled off in a water jet vacuum. The crude material was purified by flash chromatography over silica gel (eluant: hexane/ethylacetate 1:1). Yield: 1.65 g (75% of theory) of 1-(2-aminophenyl)-3-cyclopropylcyclobutanol in the form of a slightly brownish solid (mp.: 58-61° C.).

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