Sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide → Methyl (1s,2s,5e)-5-benzylidene-2-[(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)carbonyl]cyclohexanecarboxylate

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To a suspension of benzyltriphenylphosphonium bromide (0.397 g, 0.000880 mol) in anhydrous THF (3.0 mL) at rt was added 1.00 M of sodium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide in tetrahydrofuran (0.880 mL) dropwise. The resulting orange suspension was stirred at rt for 1 h, a solution of methyl (1S,2S)-5-oxo-2-[(4-phenylpiperazin-1-yl)carbonyl]cyclohexanecarboxylate (202 mg, 0.000586 mol) in anhydrous THF (3.0 mL) was then added via cannula. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt for 18 h. The reaction was quenched with water (20 mL), extracted with EtOAc (2×). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by Combiflash with 20-60% EtOAc/Hex to give the product (141 mg, 57% in yield) as well as the S.M. (50 mg, 25% recovery of S.M.). MS (ESI): (M+H)+=419.2.

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