Bromoacetonitrile → 1-tert-Butyl 4-methyl 4-(cyanomethyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate

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To a solution of commercially available 1-tert-butyl 4-methyl piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate (200 g, 0.82 mol) in anhydrous THF (2 L) was added LDA (2M in THF, 575 mL, 1.15 mol) drop-wise at −65° C. under N2. The mixture was stirred at −65° C. for 1.5 h. To the mixture was added bromoacetonitrile (148 g, 1.23 mol) in anhydrous THF (500 mL) at −65° C. The mixture was stirred at −65° C. for 1 h, then warmed up to room temperature and stirred overnight. The reaction was quenched with water (800 mL) at 0° C. and the combined reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuum to give a crude product, which was extracted with ethyl acetate (1 L three times). The combined organic phases were washed with brine (1 L) and dried over Na2SO4. The organic layer was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum to give a crude product, which was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (from petroleum ether to 2/1) to give the title compound. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 3.900-3.750 (m, 5H), 3.120-3.000 (m, 2H), 2.612-2.562 (m, 2H), 2.190-2.111 (m, 2H), 1.590-1.502 (m, 2H), 1.402 (s, 9H).

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