Water → (1-Benzylpyrrolidin-3-yl)methanol

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To a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (16.2 g) in tetrahydrofuran (1 l) was added 1-benzyl-4-methoxycarbonyl-2-oxopyrrolidine (50 g) under reflux for one hour and the mixture was refluxed for 2 hours. A solution of water (15.5 ml) and tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added to the mixture under reflux. After cooling insoluble material was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 1-benzyl-3-hydroxymethylpyrrolidine (43.45 g).

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