Hexafluorobenzene → HCID 14649995, compound

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A stirred suspension of sodium hydride (60% in oil, 1.6 g) in 50 ml of dimethylformamide was treated with 7.0 g of 1-acetyl-4-hydroxy-4-phenylpiperidine in 100 ml of dimethylformamide. After the evolution of gas had ceased, the mixture was cooled to ice bath temperature and a solution of 6.88 g of hexafluorobenzene in 50 ml of dimethylformamide was added, dropwise. After stirring for 20 hours at ambient temperature the mixture was poured into ice water and then extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The concentrate was purified by means of high pressure liquid chromatography (silica gel; elution with 50% ethyl acetate/dichloromethane to yield 9.06 g (73.5%) of 1-acetyl-4-(2,3,4,5,6-pentafluorophenoxy)-4-phenylpiperidine, m.p. 115°-120° C.

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