Sodium Iodide → tert-Butyl 4-(acetylthio)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of 6.9 g (0.02 mol) of 4-bromo-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester in DMF (18 mL) are added 5.25 g (0.012 mmol) potassium thioacetate, followed by a catalytic amount of NaI (0.35 g, 10 mol %) at room temperature. After complete addition, the reaction is heated to 50° C. for 20 h. The reaction mixture is partitioned between ethyl acetate (100 mL) and water (100 mL). The organic layer is dried over Na2SO4, filtered and the solvent is removed under reduced pressure to afford 5.41 g of 4-acetylsulfanyl-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester as a brown oil. Yield: 81%; ES-MS: m/z 245 [M+H—CH3], 160 [M+H—C5H9O2]; 1H NMR (250 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 1.37-1.64 (11H, m), 1.78-1.99 (2H, m), 2.25-2.35 (3H, m), 3.06 (2H, ddd, J=13.63, 10.43, 3.05 Hz), 3.61 (1H, tt, J=10.28, 4.04 Hz), 3.76-3.96 (2H, m)

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