Ammonia → HCID 67273307, compound

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Ammonia gas was bubbled through a solution of (4-cyano-2-hydroxymethyl-benzyl)-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinolin-8-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (1.39 g, 3.55 mmol) in MeOH (40 mL) for 18 minutes. A prewashed mixture of Raney Nickel (˜1 gram) was added to the nitrile and the mixture was shaken for 16 hours under 30 psi hydrogen. The mixture was filtered through a celite plug and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification via column chromatography on silica gel (CH2Cl2:MeOH:NH4OH, 94:5:1, v/v/v) afforded (4-aminomethyl-2-hydroxymethyl-benzyl)-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-quinolin-8-yl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester as an off-white solid (0.77 g, 55%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.05 (s, 9H), 1.76 (m, 2H), 2.25 (m, 2H), 2.67 (m, 2H), 3.85 (s, 2H), 3.92 (d, 1H, J=15.0 Hz), 4.27 (m, 1H), 4.37 (d, 1H, J=9.0 Hz), 5.02 (d, 1H, J=12.0 Hz), 5.43 (d, 1H, J=15.0 Hz), 7.00 (m, 1H), 7.19 (m, 2H), 7.22 (m, 1H), 7.45 (m, 1H), 8.14 (d, 1H, J=3.0 Hz).

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