Sodium borohydride → tert-Butyl 2-hydroxy-6-azaspiro(3.4)octane-6-carboxylate

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0.89 g (23.57 mmol) of sodium borohydride is added portionwise at 0° C. to a solution of 3.54 g (15.71 mmol) of tert-butyl 2-oxo-6-azaspiro[3.4]octane-6-carboxylate (WO98/06720) diluted in 40 mL of methanol. The reaction mixture is stirred at room temperature for 1 hour 30 minutes. After evaporating off the solvent, water is added to the reaction medium, the aqueous phase is separated out and extracted several times with diethyl ether, the combined organic phases are washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution and dried over sodium sulfate, and the filtrate is concentrated under reduced pressure. After evaporating off the solvent, 3.10 g of product are obtained in the form of a brown oil, which is used without further purification in the following step.

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