Carbon tetrabromide → Benzyl 4-(bromomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of 4-hydroxymethylpiperidine-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester (1.11 g), carbon tetrabromide (1.77 g) in methylene chloride (11 ml) was added triphenylphosphine (1.4 g) with ice-cooling, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. After completion of the reaction, the solvent was evaporated and the obtained residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (hexane:acetone=10:1) and dried under reduced pressure to give the title compound (1.25 g).

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