Sodium Hydroxide → 3-benzyl-N-methyl-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-amine

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A mixture of sodium cyanoborohydride (35.0 g, 0.557 mol) and zinc chloride (37.9 g, 0.278 mol) in methanol (500 mL) was added dropwise to a mechanically stirred mixture of 3-benzyl-3-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-8-one (Preparation A; 120 g, 0.557 mol) and methylamine hydrochloride (151 g, 2.23 mol) in methanol (1.0 L) at 25° C. under nitrogen. After 2.5 h of stirring, 6 N NaOH (90 mL) was added dropwise. The mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite®, washing with methanol (500 mL). The filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. Water (500 mL) was added, and the aqueous mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×500 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was chromatographed, eluting with methanol dichloromethane (1:10), to afford 63.0 g (49%) of the sub-title compound as a solid.

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