Sodium Cyanide → 4-Amino-1-methylpiperidine-4-carbonitrile

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Using the procedure of Stage 1 of Example 1, 8 ml of ammonium hydroxide, 1.58 g of ammonium chloride and 1.23 g of sodium cyanide were reacted and 2.5 ml of 1-methylpiperidone were added. The mixture was stirred for 18 hours at ambient temperature, followed by extraction 3 times with chloroform. The organic phase was washed with salt water and dried to obtain 2.41 g of the expected product (orange-yellow syrup).

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