2-(pyrrolidin-1-ylmethyl)phenol

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: The procedure was as described in Example 1, but the phenol and paraformaldehyde in diisopropyl ether were reacted at 50° C. in separate runs with (a) 0.65 kg of diethylamine, (b) 0.632 kg pyrrolidine and (c) 0.90 kg of dipropylamine. Under the same reaction conditions and isolation conditions, 1.49 kg (about 93% of theory, relative to converted phenol) of o-diethylaminomethylphenol, 1.77 kg (about 96% of theory, relative to converted phenol) of o-dipropylaminomethylphenol and 1.50 kg (about 95% of theory, relative to converted phenol) of o-hydroxy-N-benzylpyrrolidine were obtained in (a), (b) and (c) respectively.