Benzyl Alcohol → 4-Benzyl 1-tert-butyl piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate

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To a solution of piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylic acid mono-tert-butyl ester (35.94 mmol; 8.24 g) in dichloromethane (100 mL) was added benzyl alcohol (55.79 mmol; 4.73 mL), dimethylaminopyridine (0.72 mmol; 0.08 g) and dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (43.13 mmol; 8.27 g) and the resulting mixture was stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. The resulting solution was evaporated and the residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate (300 mL). The resulting solution was washed with a 1N hydrochloric acid solution (2×50 mL) and brine (50 mL), and dried over magnesium sulfate. After filtration and evaporation, the residue was purified via flash column chromatography ((eluent gradient: 0 to 50% EtOAc in heptane) to yield piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylic acid 4-benzyl ester 1-tert-butyl ester after evaporation. MS (ESI) m/z 320.19 [M+H]+.

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