Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 4-methylpiperidine-4-carboxylate hydrochloride

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4M HCl in dioxane (25 mL) was added to 1-tert-butyl 4-methyl 4-methylpiperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate (5.28 g, 20.55 mmol) at ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at ambient temperature for 5 hrs. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and ether was added to the residue and the suspension was filtered and dried to give the title compound as a white solid (3.82 g, 19.72 mmol, 96%); 1H NMR δ 1.12 (s, 3H), 1.53-1.60 (m, 2H), 1.99-2.04 (m, 2H), 2.76-2.82 (m, 2H), 3.07-3.12 (m, 2H), 3.61 (s, 3H), 8.72 (s, 1H); MS m/e MH+-157

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