tert-Butyl 4-cyano-4-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate → 4-(2,4-Dichlorophenyl)-4-piperidinecarbonitrile

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To 4-cyano-4-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (0.620 g, 1.74 mmol) in dichloromethane (5 mL), trifluoroacetic acid (2 mL) was added and the solution stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The solution was concentrated, neutralized with 10% KOH solution and extracted into 25 ml of dichloromethane. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give 0.442 g (99%) of 4-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-piperidine-4-carbonitrile which was used as such for the subsequent step.

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