Piperidin-4-ol → 1-Cyclopropylpiperidin-4-ol

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Reaction Steps

5 g of 4-hydroxypiperidine were dissolved in methanol. 23.8 mL of 1[(1-ethoxycyclopropyl)oxy]trimethylsilane and 5.8 g of sodium cyano borohydride were added and the mixture was reacted at 60° C. for 12 h. The same amounts of the two reagents were added again and stirring was continued at 60° C. for another 12 h. The mixture was diluted with methanol, filtered over celite and evaporated to dryness. The residue was taken up in ethyl acetate, extracted twice with 2N sodium hydroxide and once with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated to dryness. The residue was purified by silica gel chromatography to yield 2 g of product 20, MS: 141 (M+)

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