Aluminium lithium hydride → Tert-butyl 4-[3-(hydroxymethyl)phenyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of 4-(3-formyl-phenyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (2.0 g, 5.98 mmol) in THF (14 mL) at 0° C. was added LAH (6.0 mL, 1M solution in THF). The reaction mixture stirred at 0° C. for 30 min. followed by a quench of H2O (239 μL), 15% NaOH (aq., 239 μL), and H2O (718 μL). After completion of the additions the mixture stirred for 20 min. and was then filtered over a pad of celite. The solvent of the filtrate was removed en vacuo to obtain 4-(3-hydroxymethyl-phenyl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester as a brown solid (1.47 g, 84% yield), which was taken on to the next reaction without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 7.17 (t, 1H, J=8.0 Hz), 6.91 (br s, 1H), 6.82-6.76 (m, 2H), 5.06 (t, 1H, J=5.80 Hz), 4.44 (d, 2H, J=5.6 Hz), 3.45 (dd, 4H, J=5.5, 4.9 Hz), 3.08 (dd, 4H, J=5.3, 5.1 Hz), 1.42 (s, 9H).

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