Two useful methods for the preparation of (R)- and (S)-N-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)ethanamine

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0957-4166(97)00277-2

Two methods for the efficient preparation of either enantiomer of the synthetically useful diamine N-methyl-1-phenyl-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)ethanamine are reported. Each of the methods starts from readily available materials (styrene oxide or phenylglycinol) a