Methyl iodide → 4-(4-Bromophenyl)-1-methylpiperidin-4-ol

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A reaction mixture of 4-(4-bromophenyl)piperidin-4-ol (1.5 g, 5.9 mmol), methyl iodide (0.4 mL, 6.4 mmol), and K2CO3 (1.2 g, 8.8 mmol) in acetone was stirred at rt for 90 min. The reaction was diluted with EtOAc and water was added. The resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc and the combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to give the title compound as a yellow solid (1.5 g, used without further purification). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 7.40 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.29 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 3.20 (br s, 1H), 2.64-2.61 (m, 2H), 2.39 (t, J=11.8 Hz, 2H), 2.21 (s, 3H), 2.03-1.96 (m, 2H), 1.64-1.61 (m, 2H); MS ESI 270.0 [M+H]+, calcd for [C12H16BrNO+H]+ 270.04.

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