Acetic Acid → Benzyl 1-cyclopentylpiperidine-3-carboxylate

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The crude amine from the above step was dissolved in 1,2-dichloroethane (15 mL) and cyclopentanone (1.0 mL) was added via syringe. The reaction was allowed to stir for 5 min before the addition of HOAc (0.6 mL) and NaBH(OAc)3 (2.3 g, 10.9 mmol) in one portion. The reaction was allowed to stir for 48 h and then quenched with Na2CO3 (10%, 20 mL) and the reaction was allowed to stir for 1 h before being extracted with DCM (3×50 mL). The combined organics were washed with brine (sat, 200 mL), dried with sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated to provide 1.3 g of crude oil that was purified by a 120 g Isco normal phase column (100% EtOAc) to give benzyl 1-cyclopentylpiperidine-3-carboxylate as a colorless oil. MS m/z: 288 (M+1).

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