Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019, USA
Abstract:
This paper describes an efficient, practical synthesis of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzylamine via biomimetic transamination of 3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde with benzylamine. From a synthetic standpoint the reported procedure is highly operationally convenient and scalable as it does not require any chromatographic purification of the intermediate products.