Benzene → 6-(Tert-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxymethyl)-piperidin-2-one

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Imidazole (1.16 g, 17.0 mmol) and tert-butyldimethylsilyl chloride (1.18 g, 7.85 mmol) were added sequentially to a solution of racemic 6-hydroxymethyl-piperidin-2-one (prepared from racemic α-aminoadipic acid according to Huang, et al., Synth. Commun. 1989, 19, 3485-3496, 921 mg, 7.14 mmol) in DMF (10 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to rt and was stirred at rt for 17 h. Benzene and EtOAc (3:7, 200 mL) was added and the solution was washed with brine (3×50 mL). The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. Purification of the residue by flash column chromatography on silica gel (CH2Cl2→3% MeOH/CH2Cl2, gradient) afforded 1.53 g (88%) of 6-(tert-butyl-dimethyl-silanyloxymethyl)-piperidin-2-one as a white solid.

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