Sodium sulfate decahydrate → 1-[4-(benzylthio)tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl]methanamine

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To a mixture of lithium aluminum hydride (2.23 g) and diethyl ether (120 ml) was added a solution of 4-(benzylthio)-4-(nitromethyl)tetrahydro-2H-pyran (5.35 g) in diethyl ether (30 ml) and tetrahydrofuran (15 ml) at 0° C., and the reaction mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 2 hr. The reaction mixture was ice-cooled, sodium sulfate 10 hydrate (19.33 g) was added, and the mixture was stirred overnight at room temperature. The reaction mixture was dried (MgSO4), and the inorganic salt was removed by filtration. The filtrate was concentrated, and the obtained residue was subjected to silica gel column chromatography to give the title compound (3.20 g, yield 67%) as a yellow oil from a fraction eluted with ethyl acetate-methanol (3:1, volume ratio).

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