Hydrochloric Acid → tert-Butyl (3R)-3-benzoylpiperidine-1-carboxylate

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(R)-tert-butyl 3-(N-methoxy-N-methylcarbamoyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (13.6 g, 50 mmol) was dissolved in anhydrous THF (200 mL) and cooled to −10° C. (ice/MeOH bath). Phenylmagnesium bromide solution in THF (100 mL of 1.0 M, 100 mmol, 2 equiv) was added slowly. After 15 min, the reaction mixture was warmed up to rt slowly and stirred for 1 hour. LC-MS showed the reaction was complete. 5% Aq HCl (100 mL) was added slowly to quench the reaction and the mixture was stirred for 20 min. After separation, the aqueous layer was extracted with ether (2×200 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with satd aq NaHCO3 (150 mL), brine (100 mL), and dried over Na2SO4. Concentration afforded crude (R)-tert-butyl 3-benzoylpiperidine-1-carboxylate (16.45 g, 110%) as a clear oil which was used for the next step without further purification. LC-MS (3 min) tR=1.91 min, m/z 302 (M+Na). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.94 (d, 2H), 7.54 (t, 1H), 7.47 (t, 2H), 4.28 (br d, 1H), 4.09 (d, 1H), 3.38 (t, 1H), 2.92 (br t, 1H), 2.72 (t, 1H), 2.01 (d, 1H), 1.79-1.45 (m, 3H) 1.42 (s, 9H). Chiral HPLC indicated 100% purity.

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