Ethylamine hydrochloride → 1-benzyl-N-ethylpiperidine-4-carboxamide

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Reaction Steps

Ethylamine hydrochloride (6.59 g, 80.8 mmol) is dissolved in 40 ml dry toluene and cooled to 0°. Trimethylaluminum (2M in toluene, 40.4 ml, 80.8 mmol) is slowly added and after 30 min at 0° the mixture is warmed to 20°-25°. After one hr gas evolution has ceased. Then ethyl 1-benzylpiperidine-4-carboxylate (10.0 g, 40.4 mmol) is added in 20 ml of toluene and the mixture is heated to 85° for 2 hr. The reaction is quenched cautiously with 5% hydrochloric acid, then adjusted to pH 8 with sodium hydroxide and extracted with chloroform. The extract is dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated to give the title compound; NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) 7.32, 3.58, 3.27, 3.00, 2.0-2.2, 1.7-2.0 and 1.11δ.

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