Hydrochloric Acid → 1-(4-Bromo-2-chlorophenyl)methanamine--hydrogen chloride (1/1)

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Reaction Steps

46.2 ml of borane-THF complex are provided under ice cooling. A solution of 2.0 g of 4-bromo-4-chlorobenzonitrile in 240 ml of THF is added slowly. The reaction mixture is then heated for 1 h under reflux, cooled and 20 ml of 1N hydrochloric acid are added dropwise while cooling on ice. The mixture is heated under reflux for 1 h and left to cool. For the work-up the solution is adjusted to an alkaline pH with a 1N sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with dichloromethane. The organic phase is dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. 6 ml of hydrochloric acid in dioxane (4N) are added and the precipitated hydrochloride is collected by suction filtration. 1.3 g of product are obtained.

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