Water → 1-Benzyl-4-phenylpiperidine-4-methylamine

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

A suspension of 2.8 g of lithium aluminum hydride in 50 ml of THF is cooled to 0° C. and a solution of 20 g of 1-benzyl-4-cyano-4-phenylpiperidine in 50 ml of THF is added dropwise. The reaction mixture is stirred for 1 hour at RT and then heated for 1 hour at 40° C. It is cooled in an ice bath and 3 ml of water, 3 ml of 4N NaOH solution and 12 ml of water are added successively. The mineral salts are filtered off and the filtrate is evaporated under vacuum. The residue is chromatographed on silica H using a gradient of a DCM/MeOH mixture (from 100/3; v/v to 100/10; v/v) as the eluent to give 11 g of the expected product.

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