1-Chloroethyl chloroformate → 4-Piperidinecarbonitrile hydrochloride

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Reaction Steps

11.0 g of 1-benzyl-4-piperidinecarbonitrile was dissolved in 100 ml 1,2-dichloroethane, 7.1 ml 1-chloroethyl chloroformate was added thereto under ice-cooling. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 15 min, and then heated under reflux for 1 hr and 20 min. After evaporating, 50 ml methanol was added thereto and it was heated under reflux for 1 hr. The reaction solution was evaporated, and the crystalline residue was washed with ethyl acetate and collected by filtration to give 8.0 g of 4-piperidinecarbonitrile hydrochloride as white crystals.

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