Potassium Carbonate → 4-(p-Fluorobenzoyl)-1-(3-hydroxypropyl)piperidine

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A mixture of 60.9 g. (0.293 mole) of 4-(4-fluorobenzoyl)piperidine, 46.0 g. (0.31 mole) of 3-bromopropanol and 41.4 g. (0.30 mole) of anhydrous potassium carbonate in 750 ml. of 1-butanol was stirred at reflux for 15 hours. The mixture was filtered, the filtrate concentrated under vacuum and the residual oil was dissolved in acid solution and extracted with benzene. After discarding the benzene layer, the aqueous acid layer was made basic and extracted with chloroform. The chloroform extracts were dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, the mixture filtered and the filtrate concentrated under vacuum. Anhydrous ether was added to the oily residue and the oil crystallized. The solid which weighed 57.0 g. was washed with ether and filtered. Upon recrystallizing from isopropanol and isopropyl ether, 38.5 g. (48.5%) of product was obtained. A portion (4.0 g.) was recrystallized from petroleum ether to give 2.4 g. of product melting at 105°-110° C.

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