Aluminium lithium hydride → HCID 22097453, compound

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4-acetamido-4-hydroxymethyl-1-methylpiperidine (1.6 g, 8.6 mmoles) in dry THF was refluxed in the presence of lithium aluminium hydride (3 g). After 4 hours, the mixture was poured into an ice-water bath and filtered through Celite. The solvent was evaporated and after evaporation of most of the water, the solution was extracted with chloroform, dried with magnesium sulfate and evaporated to yield 1.13 g (77% yield) of quite pure material. The product, 4-ethylamino-4-hydroxymethyl-1-methylpiperidine, so obtained, was used without further purification.

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