Ammonium Hydroxide → 4-Piperidinecarboxamide

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4-(3-methyl-phenyl-amino)-1-phenylmethyl)-4-piperidine-carbonitrile (15.48 g) was dissolved in 77 ml conc. sulfuric acid and stirred for 18 h at room temperature. After cooling to room temperature, 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 off-white crystalls of 4-(3-methyl-phenyl-amino)-1-phenylmethyl)-4-piperidine-carboxamide (14.46), m.p. 106.1-108.6° C.

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