Methyl chloroformate → Dimethyl 2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate

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Methyl 2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)piperidine-4-carboxylate (7.082 g, 26.30 mmol) was dissolved in DCM (170 mL) and DIPEA (5.50 mL, 31.56 mmol), then methyl carbonochloridate (2.88 mL, 36.58 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 h, then additional methyl carbonochloridate (0.7 mL, 8.89 mmol) was added. The solution was stirred for 30 min then washed with 0.1 M HCl and satd NaHCO3. The organic phase was dried and concentrated to give dimethyl 2-(3,5-difluorobenzyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate (8.55 g, 99%). MS m/z 328 (M+H)+

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