2-Chlorobenzenesulfonyl chloride → 1-(2-Chloro-benzenesulfonyl)-4-cyanomethyl-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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4-Cyanomethyl-piperidine-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (14.2 g) was dissolved in pyridine (150 ml), 2-chlorobenzenesulfonyl chloride (16.83 g) was added and the reaction mixture was stirred overnight at RT. Then, most of pyridine was evaporated off in vacuo, the residue was dissolved in AcOEt, washed with 0.5M aqueous HCl and brine. The organic layer was dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated in vacuo. The residue (crude oil) was chromatographed over silica (AcOEt/Heptanes, gradient from 0 to 25%) to give the desired material (8.5 g) as viscous brown oil. MS (ESI): 388.1 (M+NH4)+.

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