Sodium borohydride → HCID 57803061, compound

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Sodium borohydride (0.38 g, 10 mmol) (Aldrich) was added in small portions to a solution of 4-(6-chloro-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-indol-3-ylidene)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (0.35 g, 1 mmol) (from Example 12a supra) in methanol (25 mL) and water (3 mL) at such a rate that gas evolution was not too vigorous. When addition was complete, mixture was heated at 40° C. for 1 hour. After cooling, mixture was slowly diluted with water. Precipitate formed was collected by filtration and washed with cold aqueous methanol to give rac-4-(6-chloro-2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-3-yl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester as a white crystalline material. (Yield 0.33 g, 94.0%).

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