Hydrochloric Acid → 2-methyl-N-[3-(4-piperidyl)phenyl]propanamide

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Into a stirred solution of 2.20 (6.50 mmol) of tert-butyl 4-[3-(isobutyrylamino)phenyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylate in 100 ml of 1,4-dioxane at 0° C. was bubbled HCl gas for 10 minutes. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and the bubbling of the HCl gas was continued for 1 hour. The solvent was removed in vacuo, the residue was dissolved in 50 mL of water and was neutralized by the addition of KOH pellets. The aqueous solution was extracted with 3×80 mL of dichloromethane, the combined organic extracts were dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (silica, 9:1, dichloromethane:methanol+1% isopropyl amine) to afford 0.700 g (46.0% yield) of the desired product: 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.47 (s, 1H), 7.40 (d, 1H, J=7.8 Hz), 7.24 (t, 1H, J=7.8 Hz), 7.00 (d, 1H, J=7.8 Hz), 3.23-3.14 (m, 5H), 2.82-2.57 (m, 4H), 1.20 (d, 6H, J=6.8 Hz); ESMS m/e: 247.2 (M+H)+; The hydrochloride salt was used for the combustion analysis: Anal. Calc. for C15H22N2O+HCl+0.15 CHCl3: C, 60.51; H, 7.76; N, 9.32. Found: C, 60.57; H, 7.83; N, 8.88.

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