Ethyl Acetate → tert-Butyl 3-fluoro-4-(4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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tert-Butyl 3-hydroxy-4-(4-(methoxycarbonyl)phenyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate described in Production Example 6-2 (518 mg, 1.54 mmol) was dissolved in dichloromethane (15 mL), [bis-(2-methoxyethyl)amino]sulfur trifluoride (0.313 mL, 1.70 mmol) was added at −78° C. over 3 minutes, and the mixture was stirred for 1 hour while warming to room temperature. A saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution and ethyl acetate were serially added to the reaction mixture. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate three times and then the organic layers were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and filtered. The solvent was evaporated and the resultant residue was purified with silica gel column chromatography (n-heptane:ethyl acetate=19:1-3:2) to obtain the title compound (402 mg, 77%).

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