Water → 1-Benzyl-4-((methylamino)methyl)piperidin-4-ol

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To a stirred mixture of 7 g lithium aluminum hydride and 150 ml tetrahydrofuran under argon is added dropwise over 20 minutes a solution of 24.6 g 8-benzyl-1-oxa-3,8-diazaspiro[4.5]decan-2-one in 150 ml tetrahydrofuran. The mixture is heated at reflux for two hours. The stirred mixture is treated with sequential dropwise additions of 7 ml water, 7 ml 15% sodium hydroxide and 21 ml water. The mixture is filtered and the filter cake is washed with three 200 ml portions of dichloromethane. Evaporation of the combined filtrates affords 23 g of 1-benzyl-4-hydroxy-4-methylaminomethylpiperidine, an oil.

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