Aluminium lithium hydride → HCID 86679680, compound

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To a stirred solution of (cis)-5-benzyl-3a-methoxytetrahydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrrole-1,3(2H,3aH)-dione (400 mg, 1.54 mmol) in diethyl ether (7 mL), under nitrogen, was added LAH (7.92 mL, 1.0 M in diethyl ether) to form a white suspension that was stirred at ambient temperature for 21 hrs. The reaction was then cooled to 0° C. and quenched by the addition of water (0.3 mL), 15% NaOH (0.3 mL) and water (0.9 mL), as described by Fieser, L. F.; Fieser, M. Reagents for Organic Synthesis Vol. 1, Wiley, New York 1967, pp 581-595. The mixture was filtered and washed with EtOAc (100 mL). The filtrate was concentrated with toluene to give the crude title compound as a clear oil that was carried forward to the next step without further purification assuming quantitative yield. m/z (APCI+) for C14H20N2O 233.20 (M+H)+.

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