Sulfuric Acid → Ethyl 3-(benzyloxy)-4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of 94 parts of ethyl 4,4-dimethoxy-3-(phenylmethoxy)-1-piperidinecarboxylate and 2300 parts of a sulfuric acid solution 1% in water was stirred and refluxed for 2.50 hours. The reaction mixture was cooled and the product was extracted three times with dichloromethane. The combined extracts were washed with a small amount of water, dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was taken up in methylbenzene and the latter was evaporated again. The residue was stirred in petroleum ether. The latter was separated and the solvent was evaporated, yielding 64.9 parts of ethyl 4-oxo-3-(phenylmethoxy)-1-piperidinecarboxylate as a residue (intermediate 50).

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