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PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF 2,2-DIFLUOROETHYLAMINE STARTING FROM A BENZYLAMINE COMPOUND
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Process for the preparation of 2,2-difluoroethylamine of the formula (I) [in-line-formulae]CHF2CH2NH2??(I)[/in-line-formulae] comprising the stages (i) and (ii): stage (i): reaction of 2,2-difluoro-1-haloethane of the general formula (II) [in-line-formulae]CHF2—CH2Hal??(II),[/in-line-formulae]with a benzylamine compound of the formula (III) in the presence of an acid scavenger, in which, in formula (II), Hal is chlorine, bromine or iodine, and, in the formulae (III), R1 is hydrogen or C1-C12-alkyl, and R2 is hydrogen, halogen, C1-C12-alkyl or C1-C6-alkoxy; stage (ii): catalytic hydrogenation of the N-benzyl-2,2-difluoroethanamine compound obtained in the stage (i) to give 2,2-difluoroethylamine of the formula (I) or a salt thereof.