Results are given of research on the synthesis ofα-pyrrolidylalkan-3-ols by hydrogenating primary and secondary furan amines under pressure over Raney nickel in aqueous acid solution. Some views about the mechanism of the reaction are put forward. It is shown that the relative yields of theα-pyrrolidylalkan-3-ols and corresponding tetrahydrofuran amines depend both on structural peculiarities of the starting furan amine, and on the hydrogenation conditions.