A solution of 2-chloro-5-trifluoromethyl-pyridine (2.45 g, 13.50 mmol, 1.0 equiv; commercially available) and 4-amino-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (3.24 g, 16.19 mmol, 1.2 equiv; commercially available) in DMAc (12 mL) was heated by microwave irradiation to 155° C. for 6 h. A solution of 1 M NaOH (100 mL) was added and the reaction mixture extracted with ethyl acetate (3×100 mL). The combined organic phases were dried over MgSO4, concentrated by evaporation under reduced pressure and the crude material purified with column chromatography on silica eluting with a gradient of heptane/ethyl acetate (4:1→1:1) to yield 0.69 g (15%) of the title compound. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ1.31-1.47 (m, 2H), 1.40 (s, 9H), 1.92-1.98 (m, 2H), 2.81-2.92 (m, 2H), 3.72-3.83 (m, 1H), 3.97-4.03 (m, 2H), 4.77 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 1H), 6.31 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.62 (dd, J=8.8 Hz, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 8.25 (br s, 1H). 13C NMR (75 MHz, CDCl3): δ27.45, 31.17, 41.64, 47.51, 78.72, 105.86, 114.65 (q, J=32.8 Hz), 123.58 (q, J=268.6 Hz), 133.26, 145.15, 153.76, 158.36. 19F NMR (282 MHz, CDCl3): 1-61.22. MS (ISP): 346.1 [M+H]+.
