Potassium Hydroxide → N-[4-(4,5-dihydro-2-oxazolyl)phenyl]-4-piperidinemethanamine

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A mixture of 13.3 parts of ethyl 4-[[[4-(4,5-dihydro-2-oxazolyl)phenyl]amino]methyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylate, 22.4 parts of potassium hydroxide and 240 parts of 2-propanol was stirred for 6 hours at reflux temperature. The reaction mixture was evaporated. The residue was taken up in water and the whole was evaporated again till all traces of 2-propanol were removed. The product was extracted with dichloromethane. The extract was dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified by column chromatography over silica gel using a mixture of trichloromethane and methanol (97:3 by volume) as eluent. The pure fractions were collected and the eluent was evaporated, yielding 5.1 parts (49.1%) of N-[4-(4,5-dihydro-2-oxazolyl)phenyl]-4-piperidinemethanamine as a residue (int. 77).

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