Acetic Acid → HCID 18770447, compound

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Reaction Steps

After 1-benzyl-4-piperidone (5.00 g; 26 mmol) and sodium cyanoborohydride (1.25 g; 20 mmol) were added to a solution of N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine (785 mg; 8.9 mmol) in methanol (20 ml) under ice cooling. The ice bath was removed, and acetic acid (2.5 ml; 44 mmol) was added to the solution, and the mixture was stirred for 15 minutes. Potassium carbonate (3 g; 22 mmol) and a saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate was added to the reaction mixture to conduct extraction with chloroform. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and then concentrated under reduced pressure. The resultant crude oil was purified by column chromatography on silica gel, thereby obtaining 955 mg (yield: 25%) of N,N′-bis(1-benzyl-4-piperidinyl)-N,N′-dimethylethylenediamine as a colorless oil.

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