Hydrazine hydrate (1:1) → (R)-N,N-Dimethyl-1-(morpholin-2-yl)methanamine

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(S)-4-Benzyl-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)morpholine (78.9 g) was dissolved in ethanol (800 ml) and 10% palladium carbon (31.1 g) and hydrazine monohydrate (22.1 g) were added with stirring at room temperature. The mixture was refluxed with stirring for 1 hour. After cooling, the reaction mixture was filtered through celite and the solvent was distilled off to give 42.8 g of (R)-2-(N,N-dimethylaminomethyl)morpholine as a pale-yellow oil.

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