4-Iodophenylacetonitrile → 4-Cyano-4-(4-iodo-phenyl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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To a solution of 4-iodophenylacetonitrile (6.88 g, 28.3 mmol, 1 eq.) and bis-(2-chloro-ethyl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (7.2 g, 30 mmol, 1.05 eq.) in DMSO (100 mL) under argon (Ar) was added NaNH2 (2.46 g, 60 mmol, 2 eq.) in portions over 15 min. The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 0.5 h, then poured onto ice (200 g), diluted with EtOAc (250 mL) and stirred for 1 h. The organic layer was separated and the aqueous layer was washed repeatedly with EtOAc until colorless. The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated by rotary evaporation to afford an orange oil which was purified by flash column chromatography by eluting with 7-12% EtOAc/hexanes to yield 4-cyano-4-(4-iodo-phenyl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester as a pale orange oil/solid (8.28 g, 18.96 mmol, 67%). 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.82 (dd, 2H), 7.26 (dd, 2H), 4.38 (br. s, 2H), 4.28 (br. t, 2H), 2.15 (m, 2H), 2.0 (td, 2H), 1.59 (s, 9H). (Ref.: D. Gnecco et al, Org. Prep. Proceed. Int., (1996) 28 (4), 478-480.

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