Methyl vinyl ketone → Tert-butyl 9-oxo-3-azaspiro[5.5]undec-7-ene-3-carboxylate

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Methyl vinyl ketone (146 mL) was added to a solution of tert-butyl 4-formylpiperidine-1-carboxylate (375 g) in tetrahydrofuran (18 L). The reaction mixture was cooled to −5° C. and a solution of potassium hydroxide in ethanol (3N, 0.243 L) was added dropwise over 10 minutes. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for 16 hours. Cyclohexane (10 L) was added and the solution was washed with saturated sodium chloride (3×10 L). The organic layer was concentrated to an oil. This oil was dissolved in 2 L of 80:20 cyclohexane/ethyl acetate and filtered through Celite® to remove insoluble material. The filtrate was purified via flash column chromatography (70:30 hexane/ethyl acetate) to afford the product as an oil. The oil was triturated in hexanes to afford the desired product as a white solid (131 g, 28%).

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