Phosgene → 1-(Chloromethylidene)piperidin-1-ium chloride

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Under dry nitrogen a solution of N-formyl piperidine (170 gm, 1.50 mol) in anhydrous diethyl ether (1.5 L), stirring rapidly at 5° C., is treated with gaseous phosgene (142 gm, 1.44 mol) over the course of 1.5 hours. Ice bath cooling is applied to maintain a temperature of less than 12° C. The resulting while solid is filtered off under dry nitrogen, in vacuum, to give 94.4% (228 gm, 1.36 mol) of N-(chloromethylene)-piperidinium chloride.

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