3-Piperidinone, 1-(phenylmethyl)- → 1-Benzyl-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)piperidin-3-ol

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To a solution of 1-benzylpiperidin-3-one (5 g, 26 mmol) in THF (30 mL) was added (4-methoxyphenyl)magnesium bromide (0.5 M in ether) (66 mL, 33 mmol) at rt under a nitrogen atmosphere. The reaction was stirred for 2 h and then diluted with sat. ammonium chloride solution and extracted with ethyl acetate (200 mL). The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and evaporated under reduced pressure to give crude 1-benzyl-3-(4-methoxyphenyl)piperidin-3-ol (5.1 g, 10.29 mmol, 38.9% yield) with was used in the next step without further purification. LCMS (Method 107): (ES-API), m/z 298.2 (M+H) RT=1.703 min.

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