Sodium Acetate → tert-Butyl 4-(methylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate

Participants

Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

Powdered molecular seives (3 Å, 5.2 g), methylamine hydrochloride (16.96 g, 251 mmol), anhydrous sodium acetate (41.21 g, 502 mmol), and 95% sodium cyanoborohydride (3.99 g, 60 mmol) were added sequentially to a solution of 4-oxo-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester in methanol (400 mL) at 0° C., and the mixture was allowed to warm to 25° C. over several hours. After 18 hours at 25° C., the reaction mixture was filtered thru Celite®, the solids washed with methanol and ethyl acetate, and the filtrate concentrated. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate and the resulting solution washed twice with 2N NaOH, once with brine, dried and concentrated to an oil (12.79 g, 119%).

Provenance & Evidence