Benzaldehyde → 1-Benzylpiperidin-3-ol

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943 mg of 3-hydroxypiperidine was dissolved in 15 mL of toluene, to which, under ice cooling, 1.13 mL of benzaldehyde, 2.97 g of sodium triacetoxyborohydride and 0.3 mL of acetic acid were sequentially added, and stirred at room temperature for 24 hours. To the reaction mixture, saturated sodium bicarbonate was added, extracted with ethyl acetate, the extract was washed with saturated saline, and dried on anhydrous sodium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated, and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (chloroform to chloroform:methanol-ammonia=60:1) to obtain 866.3 mg (49%) of 1-benzyl-3-hydroxypiperidine crude product as a colorless oil.

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