1-Chloro-3-iodobenzene → HCID 11625627, compound

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A solution of 1-chloro-3-iodobenzene (14.1 g, 59.28 mmol) in diethyl ether (12 ml) was added dropwise to a mixture of magnesium turnings (1.59 g, 65.4 mmol) in diethyl ether (50 ml) at room temperature. When the Grignard reaction was complete, the resulting organomagnesium reagent was added dropwise to a stirred mixture of compound 16a (5.0 g, 17 mmol) and cuprous iodide (800 mg, 4.2 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (30 mL) cooled to 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred 1 hour at 0° C. and then quenched with saturated ammonium chloride solution. Ethyl acetate (500 ml) was added and the mixture was washed successively with saturated ammonium chloride, water and brine. The organic layer was dried and concentrated and the resulting crude material was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with 4:1 hexane:ethyl acetate. This afforded tert-butyl 4-(3-chlorophenyl)-4-(1-cyano-2-ethoxy-2-oxoethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (16b) as an oil (5.2 g, 75%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.37-7.26 (m, 4H), 3.99 (br.q, 2H, J=6 Hz), 3.91 (br m, 2H), 3.58 (s, 1H), 2.88 (br.m, 2H), 2.52 (ddd, 2H, J=6, 4, 3 Hz), 2.04 (m, 2H), 1.43 (s, 9H), and 1.06 (t, 3H, J=6 Hz). ES-LCMS m/z 429 (M+Na+).

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