4-Fluorobenzylamine → HCID 10405113, compound

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A solution of 4-fluorobenzylamine (5.48 g, 43.8 mmol) in a mixture of methanol and acetic acid (5:1, 60 mL) was added dropwise to a solution of benzyl 4-oxo-1-piperidine carboxylate (10.2 g, 43.8 mmol) in methanol (150 mL) at rt. To this mixture sodium cyanoborohydride (5.50 g, 87.5 mmol) was slowly added. After 20 hours stirring at rt the reaction mixture was neutralized and the solvent was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure. The residue was partitioned between dichloromethane and water. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated to dryness. Purification of the residue by silica gel column chromatography, eluting with 7% methanol in dichloromethane, afforded the desired compound (9.0 g, 60%).

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