Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 28457253, compound

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To a solution of crude N-(3-bromophenyl)-2-phenylacetamide (3.02 g, 10.4 mmol) in dry tetrahydrofuran (25 mL) was added 1.0 N borane-tetrahydrofuran complex (1:1. 26 mL, 26.12 mmol) from an addition funnel at 0° C. The reaction was refluxed under nitrogen overnight. Reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, treated with 2.0 N aqueous sodium hydroxide (30 mL) and then stirred for 20 min. The reaction was then cooled again at 0° C. and neutralized with 2.0 N aqueous hydrochloric acid (60 mL) and further stirred for 30 min. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). The organic layer was washed with water (20 mL), saturated aqueous sodium chloride (50 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to afford 3-Bromo-N-(2-phenylethyl)aniline (2.55 g, 85% yield) as brown oil with reasonable purity: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 7.30 (t, 2H), 7.20 (m, 3H), 6.95 (t, 1H), 6.78 (br d, 1H), 6.70 (t, 1H), 6.45 (dd, 1H), 3.62 (br s, 1H), 3.40 (m, 2H), 2.92 (t, 2H); MS (EI) for C14H12NOBr: 290 MH+).

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