tert-Butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate → tert-Butyl 4-(2-aminoethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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1-tert-Butoxycarbonyl-4-piperidone (15 g, 75.28 mmol) was dissolved in ethanol (150 ml) and treated with 70% ethylamine/H2O (6.06 ml, 75.29 mmol), followed by 5% Pt/C JM type 117 (2.25 g, 20 wt %). The reaction mixture was subjected to hydrogenation at 2 bar, 50° C. with stiring for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was purged with nitrogen and filtered through GF/F filter paper. The catalyst was washed with ethanol (2×15 ml). The liquors were combined and evaporated to dryness to give N-(1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-4-piperidinyl)ethylamine as a colourless oil (18.33 g, 107%).

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