Ethanolamine → HCID 18387488, compound

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To 2-fluoro-5-nitrobenzaldehyde (52.4 g, 0.31 mol) in absolute ethanol (500 ml) was added ethanolamine (18.93 g, 0.31 mol) and borane-pyridine complex (31.31 ml, 0.31 mol). The mixture was stirred for 48 h and then evaporated. The residue was acidified with 2.5N hydrochloric acid, extracted with methylene chloride (3×150 ml), and the extracts were discarded. The aqueous phase was basified with 25% aqueous sodium hydroxide and extracted with methylene chloride (4×200 ml). These extracts were washed with saturated brine solution, dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to give yellow crystals (37.67 g, 57%), m.p. 98.5-99.5° C.

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