Cyanide → 1,1'-Bipiperidine

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The cyanide (4.87 g, 15 mmol) was taken up in THF (75 ml). CH3MgBr (25 ml of a 3.0 M solution in Et2O) was added to the reaction mixture at 0° C. The solution was allowed to warm to 25° C. and was stirred at that temperature for 18 h. The solution was partitioned between 25 wt % aqueous solution of sodium citrate and EtOAc. The aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc. The combined EtOAc layers were washed with brine and dried (Na2SO4). Filtration and concentration gave a yellow oil. Purification via flash chromatography (95/5 to 90/10 EtOAc/MeOH. SiO2) gave 3.7 g (79%) of the piperidino-piperidine 12 as a yellow gum.

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