Lithium diisopropylamide → 1-tert-butyl 4-ethyl 4-((1-trityl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate

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To a solution of 1-tert-butyl 4-ethyl piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate (360 mg, 1.39 mmol) in anhydrous THF (10 mL) at −78° C. was added LDA (1.7 M in THF, 1.07 mL, 1.8 mmol) dropwise over 10 min. The reaction mixture was stirred at −78° C. for 1 hour, and 4-(chloromethyl)-1-trityl-1H-imidazole (500 mg, 13.9 mmol) in THF (5 mL) was added slowly. The reaction mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature over 1 hour, quenched with sat. aq. NH4Cl (10 mL), and extracted with EtOAc (3×20 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum. Purification by silica gel chromatography (10-50% EtOAc:Hexanes) afforded the title compound (403 mg, 51%). MS (ES+) [M+H]+=580.3.

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