Sodium borohydride → (3S,4R)-1-Methyl-4-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-3-piperidinol

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Reaction Steps

Sodium borohydride (10 g) is added with stirring to a solution, boiling under reflux, of 1-methyl-4-(2,4,6-trimethoxyphenyl)-piperidin-3-one in absolute ethanol. Stirring and heating under reflux is then continued for a further hour. On cooling, the reaction mixture is diluted with water, then concentrated in order to remove the ethanol and extracted with chloroform. The chloroform extract is washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated to give a solid residue which, on crystallization from acetone, gives the desired product (29.2 g) of melting point 124°-125° C.

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