Sodium borohydride → 4-Piperidinemethanol, 4-(phenylamino)-1-(2-phenylethyl)-

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Sodium borohydride (2 g) was added portionwise to a stirred solution of 4-(N-phenylamino)-1-(2-phenylethyl)piperidine-4-carboxaldehyde (2 g) in methanol (2 g) at room temperature for 2 hours. The mixture was diluted with water, extracted with chloroform and the combined extracts washed, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel, using chloroform-methanol 19:1 as eluant, to afford 4-(N-phenylamino)-1-(2-phenylethyl)-4-piperidinylmethanol (1.65 g), m.p. 98°-99° C.

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