Triethylamine → tert-Butyl (1-(2-hydroxypropyl)piperidin-4-yl)carbamate

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tert-Butyl piperidin-4-ylcarbamate (2.0 g, 10.0 mmol), 1-bromopropan-2-ol (2.8 g, 20.0 mmol, commercial product which also contained 30% of the regioisomer 2-bromopropan-1-ol), triethylamine (4.2 mL, 30.0 mmol), and acetonitrile (15 mL) were combined in a microwave vial and heated to 70° C. for 4 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated to dryness. The crude product was partitioned between ethyl acetate/water. The aqueous phase was re-extracted 2× with ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated to dryness. The product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluting with a gradient of 20-30% methanol in dichloromethane to give 1.7 g of the desired product as an oil.

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