Sulfuric Acid → 1-[1-(4-Aminophenyl)-2-dimethylaminoethyl]cyclohexanol

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5.0 g (0.018 mole) of the above amide was dissolved in 300 ml of dry tetrahydrofuran and added dropwise to a mixture of 1.1 g of lithium aluminum hydride and 8.0 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid in 200 ml of tetrahydrofuran at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at 0° C. for five hours, then the excess reagent was destroyed by the dropwise addition of 4 ml of 50:50 THF-water, then 4 ml of 15% aqueous sodium hydroxide and finally 4 ml of water. The mixture was filtered and the precipitate washed several times with THF. The combined filtrates were evaporated and the residue recrystallized from isopropanol to give 3.8 g of the title compound as the free base. Treatment with excess oxalic acid in ethyl acetate gave the dioxalate, m.p. 105° C.(d).

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