Morpholine → HCID 178453984, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a mixture of morpholine (4.08 ml) and tert-butyl 4-oxocyclohexylcarbamate (10 g) stirred for 24 hours at room temperature in titanium(IV) isopropoxide (27.5 ml), methanol (10 ml) was added followed by careful addition of sodium borohydride (3.55 g). The reaction mixture was quenched with water, extracted with ether (2×100 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified by FC (silica gel 200 g, 30%-100% acetone/hexanes) providing two products, the title compound and trans 4-morpholinocyclohexylcarbamate.

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