Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(Trifluoromethyl)benzylamine

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The first and second steps of the process of the present invention were conducted as follows. At first, 8.79 g (50.5 mmol) of 4-trifluoromethylbenzaldehyde and 3.83 g (55.1 mmol) of hydroxylamine hydrochloride were dissolved in 12.5 ml of ethanol and 34 ml of water followed by the addition of 2,5 g of sodium hydroxide and stirring for 1 hour at room temperature. After adding ether and washing with dilute hydrochloric acid, the reaction liquid was further washed with saturated brine followed by drying with mirabilite and concentrating to obtain 9.25 g (48.2 mmol) of 4-trifluoromethylbenzylaldehyde oxime (yield: 95.5%). 5.00 g (26.4 mmol) of this 4-trifluoromethylbenzaldehyde oxime were dissolved in methanol followed by the addition of 4.0 g (109.7 mmol) of hydrogen chloride gas and 252 mg of the same catalyst as that of Example 1 and stirring for 3 hours in a hydrogen atmosphere at 10 atm and room temperature (approx. 250° C.). After removing the catalyst, ether was added to the reaction liquid, and the reaction liquid was neutralized with aqueous sodium hydroxide solution. As a result of analyzing the separated ether layer by gas chromatography, 4-trifluoromethylbenzylamine was formed at a yield of 93.6%.

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