Methanol → 4-[(Tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)methoxy]piperidine

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1-Benzyl-4-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethoxy)pyridinium bromide (1.9 g) was mixed with MeOH (35 ml), and NaBH4 (850 mg) was added thereto, followed by stirring at room temperature for 1 hour. Acetone (6 ml) was added to the reaction mixture, followed by stirring at room temperature for 30 minutes, and then activated carbon (1 g) was added thereto, followed by stirring at room temperature for 30 minutes and filtering using Celite as a filtration adjuvant. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. EtOAc and a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution were added to the obtained residue, and the organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was mixed with MeOH (35 ml), and ammonium formate (3 g) and 10% palladium carbon (400 mg) were added thereto, followed by stirring at 50° C. for 4 hours and filtering using Celite, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. EtOAc and a saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution were added to the residue, and the organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The obtained residue was purified by basic silica gel column chromatography (CHCl3/MeOH) to obtain 4-(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-ylmethoxy)piperidine (1.01 g).

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