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HRID 381651Generated: October 25, 2026

Phenylpropanolamine → (1S,2R)-2-amino-1-phenylpropan-1-ol

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Reaction equation

Participants

RoleNameHCIDCharge
ReactantPhenylpropanolamineHCID 10297—
ReactantSodium borohydrideHCID 4311764—
SolventEthanolHCID 702—
Product(1S,2R)-2-amino-1-phenylpropan-1-olHCID 26934—

Reaction Steps

As shown in the scheme above, (1R, 2S)-(−)-norephedrine is reacted with an optionally substituted benzaldehyde by refluxing in ethanol, and reducing the product of that reaction with sodium borohydride at ambient temperature to produce the desired norephedrine derivative compound.

Provenance & Evidence

DOI10.6084/m9.figshare.5104873.v1
Patent numberUS06307048B1
Source datasetuspto-grants-2001_10
ORD IDord-1d749c0eef934d3cbcb4053555977afb
Source noteuspto-grants-2001_10