Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Direct Amination of Benzhydryl Alcohols
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luted with 15 mL of ethyl acetate, quenched with 5 mL of 1
M HCl and the phases were separated. The aqueous phase
was basified with 10 mL of a 1 M solution of NaOH, and
the organic phase was extracted with 320 mL of ethyl ace-
tate. The combined organic layers were dried over MgSO4,
filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The crude product
was purified by flash chromatography.
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1-Phenyl-1’-(2-fluorophenyl)-methylamine (24): Rf =0.27
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(30% EtOAc in heptane); H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): d=
1.87 (bs, 2H), 5.70 (s, 1H), 7.23–7.57 (m, 8H), 7.66 (d, J=
8 Hz, 1H); 13C-{1H} NMR (CDCl3, 75 MHz): d=54.1, 115.9,
125.6, 125.7, 126.9, 127.1, 128.5, 132.5, 136.6, 144.3, 145.3; IR
(neat): n=3374, 3303, 3062, 3028, 2924, 1605, 1583, 1493,
1450, 1308, 1271, 1153, 1105, 1060, 1033, 958, 891, 798, 766,
732, 697, 658, 643 cmÀ1; HR-MS (ESI): m/z=235.0723,
calcd. for [Ph(o-CF3-C6H4)CH]+: 235.0735; anal. calcd.: C
66.93, H 4.81; found: C 66.98, H 4.97.
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We are grateful to MENRT-France for a grant (V.T. and
M.G.) and to CNRS and the UniversitØ de Versailles-Saint-
Quentin-en-Yvelines for financial support.
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