Lithium Hydroxide → 2-(Cyclohexylmethyl)-1-(methoxycarbonyl)piperidine-4-carboxylic acid

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Dimethyl 2-(cyclohexylmethyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate (2.20 g, 7.40 mmol) was dissolved in THF (25 mL) and water (25 mL). LiOH (0.266 g, 11.1 mmol) was added and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and heated under reflux for 30 min. The reaction mixture was partitioned between 1 M KHSO4 and diethyl ether. The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), filtered through Celite® and the solvent was evaporated. The crude product was dissolved again in THF (25 mL) and water (25 mL). LiOH (0.23 g) was added to the reaction flask. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight. The reaction was worked up as above to give the product. 1H NMR (600 MHz, cdcl3) δ 0.85 (ddd, 2H), 1.19 (dddd, 5H), 1.38-1.48 (m, 1H), 1.61 (d, 4H), 1.72 (tt, 2H), 1.97 (qd, 3H), 2.56-2.65 (m, 1H), 3.02-3.14 (m, 1H), 3.67 (d, 3H), 3.88 (d, 1H), 4.22 (s, 1H).

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