Sodium Sulfate → 2-(3-(Benzyloxy)phenyl)ethanamine

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LAH (0.615 g, 0.0162 mol, 3.0 eq) was dissolved in THF (20 ml), and to this solution was added dropwise a THF solution (20 ml) of (3-benzyloxyphenyl)-acetonitrile (1.2 g, 0.0054 mol, 1.0 eq) under ice-cooling. After the completion of the dropwise addition, the mixture was refluxed under heating for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature, and a saturated aqueous sodium sulfate solution (about 3040 ml) was added under ice-cooling. After filtration through Celite, the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by column chromatography (chloroform/methanol=10/1) to give 2-(3-benzyloxyphenyl)ethylamine (0.434 g, 35.3%) as a pale-yellow amorphous.

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