Potassium Carbonate → 3-Aminopropyl-4-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine

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4-Methyl-4-phenylpiperidine (1.00 g, 5.70 mmol, 1.00 equiv), 3-bromopropylamine hydrobromide (1.87 g, 8.55 mmol, 1.00 equiv) and potassium carbonate (1.97 g, 14.2 mmol, 2.5 equiv) were stirred in refluxing dioxane (20 mL) for 36 hours. After removal of the solvent, water (50 mL) was added and the pH was adjusted to 11-12 by addition of 1N aqueous NaOH. The mixture was extracted with CH2Cl2 (150 mL+3×100 mL). The combined organic solutions were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, CHCl3-MeOH—NH3 (2M in MeOH) 100:20:10) to give 241 mg (18%) of colorless oil, which was characterized spectroscopically.

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