Acetic Acid → tert-Butyl 4-(ethylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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To a stirred solution of 1-tert-butoxycarbonyl-4-piperidone (3.99 g, 20 mmol) in THF (40 mL) were added ethylamine (20 mL of a 2.0 M solution in THF, 40 mmol), acetic acid (1.15 mL, 20 mmol) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (8.48 g, 40 mmol) at 0° C., and the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The reaction mixture was quenched with 1 N aqueous sodium hydroxide (120 mL) at 0° C. and stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. The organic solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, and the remaining aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (40 mL, 2×20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (2×20 mL), dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and evaporated under reduced pressure to afford the title compound (4.54 g, 19.9 mmol, 99%) as a pale yellow oil.

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