Hydrochloric Acid → 5-Methyl-2-(piperidin-1-yl)aniline

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Concentrated hydrochloric acid (0.70 ml, 8.4 mmol) and anhydrous tin dichloride (834 mg, 4.39 mmol) were sequentially added at 0° C. to a methanol (5 ml) solution of 1-(4-methyl-2-nitrophenyl)piperidine (212 mg, 0.880 mmol), obtained as described in Referential Example 16-1. The resulting mixture was warmed to room temperature and stirred for 16 hours. A saturated aqueous solution of sodium bicarbonate was added to the mixture. The mixture was extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The obtained organic layer was washed with a saturated sodium chloride solution, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (20 g, hexane/ethyl acetate=12/1). Thus, 5-methyl-2-(1-piperidinyl)aniline (164 mg, 95.0%) was yielded as a pale yellow oily material.

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