Ethyl 4-benzyl-3-oxopiperazine-2-carboxylate → (4-benzylpiperazin-2-yl)methanol

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A solution of Example 45B (6 g, 22.87 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (45.7 mL) was added to lithium aluminum hydride in tetrahydrofuran (30.9 mL, 61.8 mmol) dropwise with an addition funnel under nitrogen over 30 minutes. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour and then carefully quenched with water and 1 N NaOH (aqueous). The product was extracted once with dichloromethane, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to afford the title compound. 1H NMR (500 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ ppm 7.37-7.17 (m, 5H), 4.48 (t, J=5.4, 1H), 3.60 (t, J=6.5, 1H), 3.42 (q, J=13.1, 2H), 3.27-3.15 (m, 2H), 2.80 (dt, J=2.7, 11.4, 1H), 2.73-2.55 (m, 4H), 1.92 (td, J=3.0, 10.8, 1H), 1.81-1.72 (m, 1H), 1.60 (t, J=10.1, 1H); MS (ESI+) m/z 206.9 (M+H)+.

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