Potassium Carbonate → Methyl 4-[2-(2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)acetylamino]-1-methoxy-piperidine-4-carboxylate

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To 5.4 g of potassium carbonate and 2 g of 4-amino-1-methoxy-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester hydrochloride in 10 ml of acetonitrile was added 1.94 g of (2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-acetyl chloride in 5 ml of acetonitrile at a temperature of 0-5° C. After stirring for 22 hours at room temperature, the reaction mixture was poured on ice water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic phase was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to yield 2.13 g of 4-[2-(2,5-dimethyl-phenyl)-acetylamino]-1-methoxy-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid methyl ester as a beige crystalline solid, mp: 91-93° C.

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