diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
index 03aff80a..f9b19b69 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ target_include_directories(cxx-mlir
 
 target_link_libraries(cxx-mlir PUBLIC
     cxx-parser
-    MLIRIR
-    MLIRFuncDialect
     MLIRControlFlowDialect
-    MLIRSCFDialect
+    MLIRControlFlowToLLVM
+    MLIRIR
+    MLIRLLVMCommonConversion
+    MLIRLLVMDialect
     MLIRPass
     MLIRTransforms
 )
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td
index eb0bbe96..8e8a37bd 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/CxxOps.td
@@ -28,10 +28,7 @@ def Cxx_Dialect : Dialect {
   let name = "cxx";
   let cppNamespace = "mlir::cxx";
   let useDefaultTypePrinterParser = 1;
-  let dependentDialects = ["mlir::func::FuncDialect",
-                           "mlir::cf::ControlFlowDialect",
-                           "mlir::scf::SCFDialect",
-  ];
+  let dependentDialects = ["mlir::cf::ControlFlowDialect" ];
 }
 
 class Cxx_Type<string name, string typeMnemonic, list<Trait> traits = []>
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc
index 368ae621..14d67dc2 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.cc
@@ -24,7 +24,10 @@
 #include <cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect.h>
 
 // mlir
-#include <mlir/Dialect/Func/IR/FuncOps.h>
+#include <mlir/Conversion/ControlFlowToLLVM/ControlFlowToLLVM.h>
+#include <mlir/Conversion/LLVMCommon/TypeConverter.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/ControlFlow/IR/ControlFlow.h>
+#include <mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR/LLVMDialect.h>
 #include <mlir/Pass/Pass.h>
 #include <mlir/Pass/PassManager.h>
 #include <mlir/Transforms/DialectConversion.h>
@@ -40,11 +43,47 @@ class FuncOpLowering : public OpConversionPattern<cxx::FuncOp> {
   auto matchAndRewrite(cxx::FuncOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
                        ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const
       -> LogicalResult override {
-    auto func = rewriter.create<mlir::func::FuncOp>(op.getLoc(), op.getName(),
-                                                    op.getFunctionType());
+    auto typeConverter = getTypeConverter();
+
+    auto funcType = op.getFunctionType();
+
+    SmallVector<Type> argumentTypes;
+    for (auto argType : funcType.getInputs()) {
+      auto convertedType = typeConverter->convertType(argType);
+      if (!convertedType) {
+        return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(
+            op, "failed to convert function argument type");
+      }
+      argumentTypes.push_back(convertedType);
+    }
+
+    SmallVector<Type> resultTypes;
+    for (auto resultType : funcType.getResults()) {
+      auto convertedType = typeConverter->convertType(resultType);
+      if (!convertedType) {
+        return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(
+            op, "failed to convert function result type");
+      }
+
+      resultTypes.push_back(convertedType);
+    }
+
+    const auto returnType = resultTypes.empty()
+                                ? LLVM::LLVMVoidType::get(getContext())
+                                : resultTypes.front();
+
+    const auto isVarArg = false;
+
+    auto llvmFuncType =
+        LLVM::LLVMFunctionType::get(returnType, argumentTypes, isVarArg);
+
+    auto func = rewriter.create<LLVM::LLVMFuncOp>(op.getLoc(), op.getSymName(),
+                                                  llvmFuncType);
 
     rewriter.inlineRegionBefore(op.getRegion(), func.getBody(), func.end());
+
     rewriter.eraseOp(op);
+
     return success();
   }
 };
@@ -56,21 +95,113 @@ class ReturnOpLowering : public OpConversionPattern<cxx::ReturnOp> {
   auto matchAndRewrite(cxx::ReturnOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
                        ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const
       -> LogicalResult override {
-    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<mlir::func::ReturnOp>(op,
-                                                      adaptor.getOperands());
+    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<LLVM::ReturnOp>(op, adaptor.getOperands());
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
+class AllocaOpLowering : public OpConversionPattern<cxx::AllocaOp> {
+ public:
+  using OpConversionPattern::OpConversionPattern;
+
+  auto matchAndRewrite(cxx::AllocaOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                       ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const
+      -> LogicalResult override {
+    auto typeConverter = getTypeConverter();
+    auto context = getContext();
+
+    auto ptrTy = dyn_cast<cxx::PointerType>(op.getType());
+    if (!ptrTy) {
+      return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(
+          op, "expected result type to be a pointer type");
+    }
+
+    auto resultType = LLVM::LLVMPointerType::get(context);
+    auto elementType = typeConverter->convertType(ptrTy.getElementType());
+
+    auto size = rewriter.create<LLVM::ConstantOp>(
+        op.getLoc(), rewriter.getI64Type(), rewriter.getI64IntegerAttr(1));
+
+    auto x = rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<LLVM::AllocaOp>(op, resultType,
+                                                         elementType, size);
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
+class LoadOpLowering : public OpConversionPattern<cxx::LoadOp> {
+ public:
+  using OpConversionPattern::OpConversionPattern;
+
+  auto matchAndRewrite(cxx::LoadOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                       ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const
+      -> LogicalResult override {
+    auto typeConverter = getTypeConverter();
+    auto context = getContext();
+
+    auto resultType = typeConverter->convertType(op.getType());
+
+    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<LLVM::LoadOp>(op, resultType,
+                                              adaptor.getAddr());
+
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
+class StoreOpLowering : public OpConversionPattern<cxx::StoreOp> {
+ public:
+  using OpConversionPattern::OpConversionPattern;
+
+  auto matchAndRewrite(cxx::StoreOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                       ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const
+      -> LogicalResult override {
+    auto typeConverter = getTypeConverter();
+    auto context = getContext();
+
+    auto valueType = typeConverter->convertType(op.getValue().getType());
+    if (!valueType) {
+      return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(op,
+                                         "failed to convert store value type");
+    }
+
+    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<LLVM::StoreOp>(op, adaptor.getValue(),
+                                               adaptor.getAddr());
+
     return success();
   }
 };
 
-class CxxToFuncLoweringPass
-    : public PassWrapper<CxxToFuncLoweringPass, OperationPass<ModuleOp>> {
+class IntConstantOpLowering : public OpConversionPattern<cxx::IntConstantOp> {
  public:
-  MLIR_DEFINE_EXPLICIT_INTERNAL_INLINE_TYPE_ID(CxxToFuncLoweringPass)
+  using OpConversionPattern::OpConversionPattern;
 
-  auto getArgument() const -> StringRef override { return "cxx-to-func"; }
+  auto matchAndRewrite(cxx::IntConstantOp op, OpAdaptor adaptor,
+                       ConversionPatternRewriter &rewriter) const
+      -> LogicalResult override {
+    auto typeConverter = getTypeConverter();
+    auto context = getContext();
+
+    auto resultType = typeConverter->convertType(op.getType());
+    if (!resultType) {
+      return rewriter.notifyMatchFailure(
+          op, "failed to convert integer constant type");
+    }
+
+    auto valueAttr = adaptor.getValueAttr();
+    rewriter.replaceOpWithNewOp<LLVM::ConstantOp>(op, resultType, valueAttr);
+
+    return success();
+  }
+};
+
+class CxxToLLVMLoweringPass
+    : public PassWrapper<CxxToLLVMLoweringPass, OperationPass<ModuleOp>> {
+ public:
+  MLIR_DEFINE_EXPLICIT_INTERNAL_INLINE_TYPE_ID(CxxToLLVMLoweringPass)
+
+  auto getArgument() const -> StringRef override { return "cxx-to-llvm"; }
 
   void getDependentDialects(DialectRegistry &registry) const override {
-    registry.insert<func::FuncDialect>();
+    registry.insert<LLVM::LLVMDialect>();
   }
 
   void runOnOperation() final;
@@ -78,21 +209,38 @@ class CxxToFuncLoweringPass
 
 }  // namespace
 
-void CxxToFuncLoweringPass::runOnOperation() {
-  ConversionTarget target(getContext());
+void CxxToLLVMLoweringPass::runOnOperation() {
+  auto context = &getContext();
+  auto module = getOperation();
+
+  // set up the data layout
+  mlir::DataLayout dataLayout(module);
 
-  // good
-  target.addLegalDialect<func::FuncDialect>();
+  // set up the type converter
+  LLVMTypeConverter typeConverter{context};
+  typeConverter.addConversion([](cxx::IntegerType type) {
+    return IntegerType::get(type.getContext(), type.getWidth());
+  });
 
-  // illegal
-  target.addIllegalOp<cxx::FuncOp>();
-  target.addIllegalOp<cxx::ReturnOp>();
+  typeConverter.addConversion([](cxx::PointerType type) {
+    return LLVM::LLVMPointerType::get(type.getContext());
+  });
 
-  RewritePatternSet patterns(&getContext());
-  patterns.insert<FuncOpLowering>(&getContext());
-  patterns.insert<ReturnOpLowering>(&getContext());
+  // set up the conversion patterns
+  ConversionTarget target(*context);
 
-  auto module = getOperation();
+  target.addLegalDialect<LLVM::LLVMDialect>();
+  target.addIllegalDialect<cxx::CxxDialect>();
+
+  RewritePatternSet patterns(context);
+  patterns.insert<FuncOpLowering, ReturnOpLowering, AllocaOpLowering,
+                  LoadOpLowering, StoreOpLowering, IntConstantOpLowering>(
+      typeConverter, context);
+
+  populateFunctionOpInterfaceTypeConversionPattern<cxx::FuncOp>(patterns,
+                                                                typeConverter);
+
+  cf::populateControlFlowToLLVMConversionPatterns(typeConverter, patterns);
 
   if (failed(applyPartialConversion(module, target, std::move(patterns)))) {
     signalPassFailure();
@@ -101,16 +249,22 @@ void CxxToFuncLoweringPass::runOnOperation() {
 
 }  // namespace mlir
 
-auto cxx::createLowerToFuncPass() -> std::unique_ptr<mlir::Pass> {
-  return std::make_unique<mlir::CxxToFuncLoweringPass>();
+auto cxx::createLowerToLLVMPass() -> std::unique_ptr<mlir::Pass> {
+  return std::make_unique<mlir::CxxToLLVMLoweringPass>();
 }
 
 auto cxx::lowerToMLIR(mlir::ModuleOp module) -> mlir::LogicalResult {
   mlir::PassManager pm(module->getName());
 
-  pm.addPass(cxx::createLowerToFuncPass());
+  // debug dialect conversions
+#if false
+  module->getContext()->disableMultithreading();
+  pm.enableIRPrinting();
+#endif
+
+  pm.addPass(cxx::createLowerToLLVMPass());
 
-  if (mlir::failed(pm.run(module))) {
+  if (failed(pm.run(module))) {
     return mlir::failure();
   }
 
diff --git a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.h b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.h
index 2618d9cb..8631b252 100644
--- a/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.h
+++ b/src/mlir/cxx/mlir/cxx_dialect_conversions.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 namespace cxx {
 
-[[nodiscard]] auto createLowerToFuncPass() -> std::unique_ptr<mlir::Pass>;
+[[nodiscard]] auto createLowerToLLVMPass() -> std::unique_ptr<mlir::Pass>;
 
 [[nodiscard]] auto lowerToMLIR(mlir::ModuleOp module) -> mlir::LogicalResult;