Methanol → methyl (2S)-piperidine-2-carboxylate hydrochloride

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Thionyl chloride (0.58 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of L-pipecolinic acid (450 mg) in methanol at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred at 55° C. for 2 hours. The whole mixture was evaporated under reduced pressure to give (2S)-piperidine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester hydrochloride as a colorless oil.

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