(1-Benzylazepan-3-yl)methanol → (Azepan-3-yl)methanol

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(1-Benzyl-azepan-3-yl)-methanol (144) (0.0922 g, 0.4192 mmol) dissolved in MeOH (1 mL) was added to a stirring suspension of 10% Pd/C (14.4 mg) in 5 mL MeOH. The reaction was purged with H2, and the reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction was judged complete by 1H-NMR analysis of an aliquot from the reaction. The reaction was filtered through a pad of Celite wet with MeOH and was rinsed with MeOH, and concentrated in vacuo to obtain pure azepan-3-yl-methanol (145) in 60% yield (0.0323 g). Compound 145 was used in the next Example without further purification. 1 H NMR (CDCl3, partial) 3.14–2.70 (4H, m), 1.92–1.73 (4H, m), 1.68–1.42 (3H, m) ppm. 13C NMR (CDCl3, 75 MHz) 67.32, 52.01, 50.33, 41.31, 31.05, 29.76, 25.44 ppm.

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