Aluminium lithium hydride → Tert-butyl 4-(chloromethyl)-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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A solution of 1-tert-butyl 4-methyl 4-(chloromethyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate (11.7 g, 40.2 mmol) in anhydrous THF (100 mL) was cooled to 0° C. Lithium aluminum hydride (1N in THF, 44.3 mL, 44.3 mmol), was added slowly (15-20 min) and the solution was stirred at 0° C. for 25 minutes. The mixture was quenched by adding water (1.8 mL) dropwise with great caution. Aqueous 1N NaOH (1.8 mL) was added dropwise, and the mixture was stirred for 5 minutes. The cooling bath was removed, the solids were filtered off, and the cake was washed with Et2O (2×100 mL). The filtrate was washed with water (2×100 mL), brine (100 mL), dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure to give tert-butyl 4-(chloromethyl)-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate as a solid (9.96 g, 93.8%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.48-1.55 (m, 4H), 3.36-3.41 (m, 4H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.59 (br s, 2H).

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