Water → 1-(4-(Pyrrolidin-1-yl)-5,6-dihydropyridin-1(2H)-yl)ethanone

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N-Acetyl-4-piperidinone (1.3 g, 9.2 mmol) was dissolved in toluene (10 ml), and pyrrolidine (0.72 g, 10.13 mmol) and p-toluenesulfonic acid hydrate (catalytic) were added. The reaction mixture was refluxed under an inert gas for 2 hours using a water separator, cooled slowly under an inert gas and concentrated in vacuo and the residue was dried. The crude product was employed immediately without purification. The yield was 1.87 g (>99%).

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