Ammonium Hydroxide → 4-Piperidinecarboxamide

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4-(p-tolyl-amino)-1-phenylmethyl)-4-piperidine-carbonitrile (4.58 g) was dissolved in 25 ml conc. sulfuric acid and stirred for 70 h at room temperature. Then the reaction mixture was poured on ice and adjusted to pH 10 by addition of 30% aqueous ammonium hydroxide and extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to yield 4-(p-tolyl-amino)-1-phenylmethyl)-4-piperidine-carboxamide as an off-white powder (5.11 g), m.p. 167.5-169° C.

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