Ammonium formate → (S)-3-Methyl-3-[2-(tetrahydropyran-2-yloxy)ethoxymethyl]piperidine

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(S)-1-Benzyl-3-methyl-3-[2-(tetrahydropyran-2-yloxy)ethoxymethyl]piperidine (1.14 g, 3.3 mmol) in MeOH (11 ml) was added to a suspension of Pd/C (0.23 g) in MeOH (11 ml), followed by ammonium formate (1.03 g, 16.4 mmol). The mixture was refluxed for 2 h, after which it was cooled and filtered through Celite. The catalyst was washed with DCM and the combined organic phases were evaporated to dryness. To the residue was added brine (15 ml) and the solution was extracted with EtOAc (3×30 ml). The extracts were combined, dried, filtered and evaporated to yield 0.71 g of the debenzylated product.

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