Benzyl chloroformate → Benzyl 4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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A solution of benzylchloroformate (17 g, 100 mmol) in 50 mL of 2-butanone was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of 4-hydroxymethylpiperidine (10.3 g, 100 mol) and potassium carbonate (13.8 g, 100 mmol) in 300 mL of 2-butanone. When the addition was complete the stirring was continued for an additional 3 hours. The solids formed were filtered and the filtrate concentrated in vacuo. Pure product was obtained by flash chromatography (hexane-ethyl acetate, 2:1) to give 10.6 g of product as an oil.

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