Hydrochloric Acid → 4-[Bis-(4-fluorophenyl)methylene]piperidine hydrochloride

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α,α-Bis-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-(triphenylmethyl)-4-piperidinemethanol (67 g; 0.123 mol) was dissolved in hydrochloric acid (1 l; 2 mol/l) and the solution was heated under reflux for 2 h. The solution was cooled, the precipitated solid was collected by filtration and suspended in anhydrous diethyl ether. The mixture was stirred for 1 h, filtered and the solid was crystallised from methanol/ether to give the product (28.3 g) as white crystals; m.p. 83° C.

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