Water → 5-((R)-alpha-methylbenzyl)-7-hydroxy-5-azaspiro[2.4]heptane

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To a suspension of LiAlH4 (0.995 g, 26.2 mmol) in THF (40 mL) was added a solution of 5-((R)-α-methylbenzyl)-4,7-dioxo-5-azaspiro[2.4]heptane (3.0 g, 13.1 mmol) in THF (10 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 hrs, then warmed up to 50° C. and continued to stir for 6 hrs. The reaction mixture was then cooled to 0° C. and ethyl acetate (10 mL) and water (10 mL) were added. The suspension was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by a silica gel column chromatography (1:3 (v/v) 2-butanol/n-hexane) to afford the title compound as colorless oil (2.4 g, 85%).

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