Ethyl chloroformate → Ethyl 1-ethoxycarbonyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-4-carboxylate

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In 640 ml of benzene, 108.9 g of ethyl 1-methyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-4-carboxylate and 41.6 g of diisopropylethylamine were dissolved, and subsequently, 279.1 g of ethyl chloroformate was added dropwise thereto over 70 minutes. The reaction mixture was heated under reflux for 30 minutes, followed by cooling the reaction mixture to room temperature. A saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate was poured thereinto. After the reaction mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate, the extract was washed with saturated brine and was then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The desiccant was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (eluent:hexane-ethyl acetate=7:1) to yield 104.4 g of ethyl 1-ethoxycarbonyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine-4-carboxylate as an oil.

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