Water → 1-Methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine-3-methanol

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6.5 g of LiAlH4 (3.2 equiv.) was suspended in 100 mL dry THF and cooled with an ice bath. To this was added dropwise a solution of 8.27 g 1-Methyl-1,2,5,6-tetrahydro-pyridine-3-carboxylic acid methyl ester (free base) in 50 mL dry THF. The mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. The mixture was cooled with an ice bath and 6.5 mL H2O, 13 mL 2 M NaOH and 6.5 mL H2O were added dropwise. The residue was filtered, washed with ether and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to yield 6.7 g of a colorless oil. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 2.18-2.26 (m, 2H), 2.36 (s, 3H), 2.49 (t, J=6 Hz, 2H), 2.92-2.97 (m, 2H), 4.00 (br s, 2H), 5.68 (br s, 1H).

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