Hydrochloric Acid → 4-(2-Methanesulfonylethyl)piperidine hydrochloride

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To 1,1-dimethylethyl 4-[2-(methylsulfonyl)ethyl]-1-piperidinecarboxylate (240 g, 824 mmol) in MeOH at 0° C. was added saturated HCl in MeOH slowly. The suspension was stirred at rt overnight. The mixture was washed with MeOH then dried by vacuum to provide the title compound of Step E (135 g, 593 mmol, 72%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 1.25-1.40 (m, 2H), 1.52-1.65 (m, 3H), 1.70-1.80 (m, 2H), 2.68-2.83 (m, 2H), 2.79 (s, 3H), 3.07-3.20 (m, 4H).

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