Water → (1-Benzyl-4-piperidyl)methanamine

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A suspension of LiAlH4 (4.84 g, 0.128 mol) in dry Et2O (40 ml) under argon atmosphere at 0° C. was dropwise added a solution of 1-benzyl-4-cyano-piperidine (18.3 g, 91.5 mmol) in dry Et2O (80 ml) and stirred to room temperature for 24 h. The reaction mixture was treated carefully with H2O (10 ml), 10% aqueous NaOH (10 ml) and H2O (30 ml) to give a mineral precipitate. The precipitate was filtered through a pad of kiselguhr, washed with Et2O and the filtrate evaporated in vacuo to leave the product as an oil (21.4 g, 82.3%).

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