Triphenylphosphine → (2R)-1-amino-3-[4-(3,4-dichlorophenoxy)piperidin-1-yl)propan-2-ol

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The oil from Step 2 was dissolved in wet tetrahydrofuran (225 mL) and was treated with triphenylphosphine (53.3 g). The reaction was heated at 60° C. and stirred for 4 h. The solvent was removed under vacuum, the residue redissolved into 2N hydrochloric acid (1 L) and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×700 mL). The aqueous phase was basified with aqueous 2 N sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with DCM (3×1 L). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under vacuum. The crude material was purified by chromatography (8% 7N ammonia in methanol/DCM) to give the title compound as a yellow oil (17 g).

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