Water → 1-(3,4-Dimethoxy-phenyl)-piperidine-4-one

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A slurry of 1-benzyl-1-methyl-4-oxo-piperidinium iodide (9270 mg), 3,4-dimethoxy aniline (3900 mg) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (437 mg) in ethanol (90 ml)/water (45 ml) were heated to reflux for 6 hours. Additional potassium carbonate (200 mg) was added and the reaction was heated to 100° C. over night. Water (50 ml) was added to the reaction mixture, which was extracted three times with DCM. The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and the solvent was evaporated in vacuo to leave the crude product as a dark oil. The residue was purified by column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexanes=1:1) to yield the product as a yellow solid (3700 mg). MS (ESI): 236.1 (MH+).

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