Tetrahydrofuran → HCID 68408396, compound

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Reaction Steps

A little iodine was added to a mixture of 17.7 g (6 eq) magnesium and 50 ml dry ether, followed over a period of 1 h by 100 g (6 eq) bromobutane dissolved in 100 ml dry ether. This reaction mixture was stirred for 1 h at room temperature. The Grignard reagent produced in the preceding step was added over a period of 20 min to a solution of 30 g (1 eq) 1-benzyl-4-(dimethylamino)piperidine-4-carbonitrile dissolved in 210 ml dry THF and the reaction mixture obtained was then stirred for 12 h at room temperature. The reaction course was monitored by thin-layer chromatography (10% MeOH/CHCl3). Once the conversion was complete, the reaction solution was cooled to 0° C., mixed with saturated NH4Cl solution, filtered over celite, extracted with ethyl acetate (3×200 ml) and the combined organic phases were dried over Na2SO4. Following removal of the solvent under reduced pressure, the residue was purified by column chromatography (aluminium oxide neutral; hexane). 18.2 g (53%) of product were obtained in the form of an oil.

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