Facile two-step synthesis of 2-(2'-aminobenzylamino)benzyl alcohol, a naturally occurring amine from Justicia gendarussa

Article abstract of DOI:10.1080/00397919508015495

A very simple and preparatively efficient two-step synthesis of the title compound 1, a basic constituent of the Indian medicinal plant Justicia gendarussa is accomplished via reductive alkylation of 2-aminobenzyl alchol using zinc chloride and zinc borohydride.

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Facile Two-Step Synthesis of 2-
(2′-Aminobenzylamino)benzyl
Alcohol, a Naturally Occurring
Amine from Justicia gendarussa
Sukanta Bhattacharyya a b
a Vijoygarh College, Department of Chemistry ,
Calcutta, 700032, India
b Department of Chemistry , University of
Mississippi , MS, 38677, USA
Published online: 23 Sep 2006.
To cite this article: Sukanta Bhattacharyya (1995) Facile Two-Step Synthesis
of 2-(2′-Aminobenzylamino)benzyl Alcohol, a Naturally Occurring Amine from
Justicia gendarussa , Synthetic Communications: An International Journal for
Rapid Communication of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, 25:22, 3597-3601, DOI:
10.1080/00397919508015495
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