Ethyl chloroformate → Ethyl 3-methyl-4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate

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Ethyl chloroformate (3.0 g, 26.7 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 1-benzyl-3-methyl-4-piperidinone (2.0 g, 9.85 mmol) in benzene (30 ml) at ambient temperature. The obtained reaction mixture was refluxed with stirring for 6 hr and concentrated to dryness to give 1-carbethoxy-3-methyl-4-piperidone as oil. Yield 1.4 g (77%), C9H15NO3, m/z 186 (M+1).

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