Pyridine → Tert-butyl 3-[(4-nitrophenyl)sulfonyloxy]piperidine-1-carboxylate

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4-Nitrobenzenesulfonyl chloride (4.4 g) was added to a stirred solution of tert-butyl 3-hydroxypiperidine-1-carboxylate (4.0 g) and pyridine (2.25 ml) in methylene chloride (80 ml) and stirred at ambient temperature for 16 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into saturated sodium bicarbonate solution. The organic layer was separated, washed with brine and dried over sodium sulfate. The solution was evaporated under vacuum and triturated with diethylether and filtered to remove undesired solids. The diethylether liquors were evaporated under vacuum and dissolved in methylene chloride before purification by column chromatography on silica eluting with ethyl acetate/isohexane (20/80). The fractions containing the expected product were combined and evaporated under vacuum to give tert-butyl 3-[(4-nitrophenyl)sulfonyloxy]piperidine-1-carboxylate as a yellow crystalline solid (6.77 g); 1H NMR Spectrum: (CDCl3) 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.40-1.54 (m, 1H), 1.70-1.94 (m, 3H), 3.22-3.60 (m, 4H), 4.67 (m, 1H), 8.11 (s, 2H), 8.40 (s, 2H).

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