Hydrochloric Acid → Ethyl 2-cyano-1-imino-8-azaspiro[4,5]decane-8-carboxylate hemihydrate

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To a solution of ethyl 4-(3-cyanopropyl)-4-cyano-1-piperidinecarboxylate (5g) in tetrahydrofuran (75 ml) was added lithium diisopropylamide (2.5 g) at −70° C., under nitrogen, with stirring. The reaction mixture was warmed to ambient temperature over 10 min and heated at reflux for 90 min. The reaction mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, neutralized with 5% hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was recrystallized from chloroform/petroleum ether to afford 1.8 g (36%) of product, mp 215-216° C.

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