β-arylethylamines can be generated in good yield by condensation of an aryl aldehyde with methoxy-acetonitrile followed by demethylation of the α-methylcinnamonitrile product with sodium benzylthiolate in the presence of an amine and subsequent reduction with lithium aluminium hydride.
D. H. R. Barton, R. D. Bracho and D. A. Widdowson, J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun., 1973, 781a DOI: 10.1039/C3973000781A
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