Citric Acid → HCID 21193269, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a 0° C. suspension of sodium hydride (19 mg, 0.80 mmol) in 1.5 ml of THF, was added a solution of N-t-butoxycarbonyl-4-hydroxymethyl-4-(2-methylbenzyl)piperidine (200 mg, 0.63 mmol) in 1 ml THF. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temp. To this suspension was added 0.35 ml of anhydrous DMSO and the mixture was heated to 60° C. and stirred 5 h until the solution was almost homogeneous. The reaction mixture was allowed to cool to room temp. and to this solution was added methyl iodide (0.070 ml, 1.12 mmol). The resulting heterogeneous mixture was stirred at room temp. overnight. The reaction mixture was treated with 10% aqueous citric acid and extracted with ether (3×). The combined ether extracts were washed successively with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 and brine, dried (MgSO4), and concentrated in vacuo to a yellow gum. Purification by column chromatography on silica with 9% EtOAc/hexane as eluent afforded the product as a colorless gum.

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