Sodium Hydroxide → tert-Butyl 4-(aminomethyl)-4-hydroxypiperidine-1-carboxylate

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4-Cyano-4-trimethylsilanyloxy-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (7.5 g) was dissolved in 100 ml of tetrahydro-furan under an argon atmosphere. A solution of lithium aluminium hydride in tetrahydro-furan (30 ml, 1 molar) was dropwise added at 0° C. After stirring for 15 hours at room temperature, a sodium hydroxide solution (20%) was slowly added under cooling. The solid was filtered after dilution with ethyl acetate and the organic layer evaporated. The crude material contains a mixture of the desired product (MS: 231.2 (M+H)+) and the corresponding trimethylsiliyl ether (MS: 303.1 (M+H)+) and was used without further purification.

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