Methyl chloroformate → 1-Piperidinecarboxylic acid, 3-[(R)-(3-chlorophenyl)[2-[(methoxycarbonyl)amino]ethoxy]methyl]-, 1,1-dimethylethyl ester, (3R)-

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To a solution of (R)-tert-butyl 3-((R)-(2-aminoethoxy)(3-chlorophenyl)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (7.7 g, 21 mmol, HPLC=75%) and DMAP (1.27 g, 10 mmol, 0.5 eq) in dry CH2Cl2 (120 mL), Et3N (6.38 g, 8.45 mL, 63 mmol) was added. The resulting mixture was cooled to 0-5° C. under ice-water bath, a solution of methyl chloroformate (8.1 mL, 104.5 mmol, 5 eq) in dry CH2Cl2 (50 mL) was added dropwise. After addition, the reaction mixture was stirred for 1-2 hr at 0-5° C. The reaction was quenched with water (80 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with CH2Cl2 (3×50 mL), the combined organic layers were washed with 10% citric acid (2×80 mL) and brine, then dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to the crude product, which was purified by preparative HPLC to afford (R)-tert-butyl 3-((R)-(3-chlorophenyl)(2-(methoxycarbonylamino)ethoxy)methyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (4.4 g, HPLC≧98%, the total yield for five steps is 41%).

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