Ethyl 1-benzylpiperidine-3-carboxylate → (1-Benzylpiperidin-3-yl)methanol

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To a solution of ethyl 1-benzylpiperidine-3-carboxylate (1.0 g) in tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) at 5° C. under argon was added a 1M solution of lithium aluminium hydride (4.04 mL) dropwise. The mixture was stirred for 1 hour at 5° C. and then quenched by the dropwise addition of ethyl acetate (5 mL). The mixture was warmed to room temperature and dichloromethane (150 mL) was added followed by saturated aqueous sodium potassium tartrate (50 mL). The mixture was stirred vigorously overnight. The layers were separated and the organic layer was dried over magnesium sulfate and evaporated to give the title compound as a colourless oil (0.82 g, 99%).

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