1-Benzyl-4-((4-chlorophenyl)amino)piperidine-4-carbonitrile → HCID 23136852, compound

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To 1-Benzyl-4-(4-chloro-phenylamino)-piperidine-4-carbonitrile (163 mg, 0.5002 mmol) in dichloroethane (5 ml) was added 1-chloroethyl chloroformate (65μl, 0.600 mmol). The mixture was heated to reflux and stirred under N2. After 1 hour 15 minutes, an additional 86 μl (0.800 mmol) of the chloroformate was added to the reaction and stirred for an additional 2 hours at reflux. After cooling to room temperature the reaction was concentrated under reduced pressure. To this residue was added methanol (5 ml) and the reaction was heated at reflux for 2 hours. Next, the reaction was allowed to cool to room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was diluted with ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was removed and sodium hydroxide (1N) was added to the aqueous layer until pH≈9. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate 2 times and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure to obtain the title compound (84 mg, 71%).

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