Potassium Carbonate → HCID 69269462, compound

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Hydrogenate 3-(3,3-dimethoxypropyl)-2-nitrobenzoic acid methyl ester (7.8 g, 0.029 mol) in 100 mL of tetrahydrofuran with 0.743 g 5% Pd/C at 60 psi for 24 hours. Filter and concentrate. Dissolve the resulting product in 30 mL of tetrahydrofuran, and add it dropwise to a suspension of lithium aluminum hydride (2.2 g, 0.058 mol) in 100 mL of tetrahydrofuran at 0° C. Allow the reaction to warm to room temperature, and stir for 2 hours. Quench the mixture with saturated Rochelle salt and extract with ethyl acetate. Dry and concentrate. Dissolve the product in in 30 mL of acetic acid and add 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (6.3 g, 0.032 mol). After 10 minutes, add sodium cyanoborohydride (9.2 g, 0.032 mol) and stir the mixture for 1 hour. Heat the mixture at 100° C. for 3 hours, cool, and pour into water. Neutralize the solution with potassium carbonate and extract with ethyl acetate. Dry and concentrate. Dissolve the crude mixture in 100 mL of methanol and treat with 20 mL of 1N sodium hydroxide for 3 hours. Remove the methanol in vacuo, and extract the mixture with ethyl acetate. Dry and concentrate. Purify by flash chromatography using 4:1 hexanes/ethyl acetate to give 4.1 g of 4-(7-hydroxymethylindol-1-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester. FAB MS 330.

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