Acetic Anhydride → 1-Formylpiperidine-4-carbonyl chloride

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To 100 ml of freshly distilled thionyl chloride was added 30 g of N-formylisonipecotic acid at 0°. After the addition was complete, 2 ml of acetic anhydride was added and the solution was stirred at 20° for three hrs. The reaction mixture was diluted with 3 400-ml portions of petroleum ether, bp, 60°-80°. The resulting solid was collected, washed with 50 ml of ether and dried under vacuum over phosphorous pentoxide to yield 33.5 g (100%) of N-formylisonipecotic acid chloride.

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