Ethanolamine → Benzyl 4-[(2hydroxyethyl)amino]piperidin-1-carboxylate

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A solution of benzyl 4-oxopiperidin-1-carboxylate (7.0 g), 2-aminoethanol (2.8 g) and acetic acid (2.7 g) in 1,2-dichloroethane (150 mL)-methanol (10 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours, sodium triacetoxyborohydride (12.7 g) was added thereto, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 hours. A 1N sodium hydroxide solution was added to the reaction mixture, pH of the aqueous layer was adjusted to about 12, and then the organic layer was separated. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (9.0 g, quantitative) as a colorless oil.

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