Water → trans-(2-{4-[2-(3,3,5,5-Tetramethylcyclohexyl)phenyl]piperazin-1-ylmethyl}cyclopropyl)methanol

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Lithium aluminum hydride (178 mg, 4.68 mmol) was suspended in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (15 mL), and the suspension was stirred at room temperature under a nitrogen atmosphere. To the suspension was added a solution of 2-{4-[2-(3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexyl)phenyl]piperazin-1-ylmethyl}cyclopropanecarboxylic acid ethyl ester (1 g, 2.34 mmol) produced in Example (91) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (15 mL), followed by stirring for 1 hour and 30 minutes at room temperature. Sodium fluoride (1 g) was added to the reaction mixture, and water (0.4 mL) was gradually added while blowing nitrogen. After stirring for 1 hour, the insoluble materials were filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resultant residue was purified by NH silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/heptane). This procedure gave 173 mg of cis-(2-{4-[2-(3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexyl)phenyl]piperazin-1-ylmethyl}cyclopropyl)methanol as colorless crystals, and 596 mg of trans-(2-{4-[2-(3,3,5,5-tetramethylcyclohexyl)phenyl]piperazin-1-ylmethyl}cyclopropyl)methanol as a colorless oil.

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