Water → (R)-2-Amino-1-(3-chlorophenyl)ethanol

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To a solution of (R)-2-(3-chlorophenyl)oxirane (13 g, 84 mmol) in THF (84 mL) was added NaHMDS (1 M in THF) (252 mL, 252 mmol) slowly at 0° C. The reaction mixture was warmed up to room temperature and stirred for overnight. To the reaction mixture, water (33 mL, 2.5 mL/g) added. After stirring for 5 h at room temperature, solvent was removed in vacuo to about ¼ and partitioned by DCM. The bottom layer is a little cloudy and the top layer was a brown solution. Both layers were concentrated, which contained the desired (R)-2-amino-1-(3-chlorophenyl)ethanol (14 g, 97%). The combined products were used in next step without further purification. LCMS (m/z): 172.1 (MH+), 0.37 min.

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