Sodium borohydride → HCID 12875610, compound

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A suspension of 4 parts of 1-(diphenylmethyl)-N-[3,4-(methylenedioxy)benzylidene]-4-piperidinamine in 100 parts by volume of ethanol, stirred at room temperature, is treated with 1 part of sodium borohydride. The resultant reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature overnight and evaporated to dryness in vacuo. The residue is partioned between 100 parts by volume of water and 100 parts by volume of chloroform and the layers separated. The acequeous layer is extracted with additional 100 parts by volume of chloroform and the chloroform layers combined. The combined chloroform fraction is washed with 150 parts by volume of water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to dryness in vacuo to yield, as a colorless oil, 1-(diphenylmethyl)-N-[3,4-(methylenedioxy)benzyl]-4-piperidinamine. This compound has the following formula ##STR38##

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