Hydrochloric Acid → 4,4-Dimethylcyclohexan-1-amine

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4,4-Dimethylcyclohexanone oxime (D296) (10 g, 71 mmol, 1 equiv) in EtOH (100 ml) was stirred with Raney Ni (1 g, 10% w/w) under an atmosphere of H2 (50 psi) for 4 days. The catalyst was filtered off through a pad of celite and HCl (1M in Et2O, 100 ml, 100 mmol, 1.4 equiv) were added. The precipitate formed was filtered off and dissolved in water. The aqueous phase was washed with Et2O and made strongly basic with KOH pellets then extracted twice with CH2Cl2. The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated in vacuo to give 4,4-dimethylcyclohexanamine (F83) (8 g, 89%) as a clear oil which was used in the next step without further purification.

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