Benzylamine → tert-Butyl 1-[3-(benzylamino)-4-chlorobenzyl]cyclopropanecarboxylate

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Under argon, 95.0 g (274.8 mmol) of tert-butyl 1-(3-bromo-4-chlorobenzyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate, 36.0 ml (330.0 mmol) of benzylamine, 12.58 g (13.7 mmol) of tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium, 31.69 g (329.8 mmol) of sodium tert-butoxide and 6.85 g (5.29 mmol) of (+/−)-2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl were added successively to 633 ml of dry toluene. The reaction mixture was stirred at 110° C. for 3.0 h and then at RT overnight. The reaction mixture was then filtered off with suction through kieselguhr and the residue was washed thoroughly with toluene and ethyl acetate. The combined filtrates were concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by chromatography on silica gel (mobile phase petroleum ether/ethyl acetate 10:1). This gave 50.0 g of the title compound (48.9% of theory).

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