Aluminium lithium hydride → HCID 58625894, compound

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Reaction Steps

A solution of LAH (1.87 g, 49.3 mmol) in THF (50 mL) was chilled to 0° C. To this mixture was added (3S)-3-((benzyloxy)methyl)-2,5-piperazinedione (3.85 g, 16.44 mmol) slowly portion wise. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and then heated at reflux for 1 h. Afterwards, the mixture was chilled to 0° C. and the reaction was quenched with an excess of solid sodium sulfate decahydrate (approximately 50 g). After stirring at room temperature for 1 h, the mixture was filtered. The filtrate was concentrated to give (R)-2-(benzyloxymethyl)piperazine (2.60 g) as a yellow oil. To this was added excess HCl (4M in dioxane) to deliver (2R)-2-((benzyloxy)methyl)piperazine dihydrochloride.

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