Triethylamine → Tert-butyl 4-(methylsulfonyloxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of N-Boc-4-piperidinemethanol (1.0 g, 4.51 mmol), Et3N (1.30 mL, 9.01 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (20 mL) at 0° C. was treated dropwise with methanesulfonyl chloride (0.39 mL, 4.96 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. to 5° C. for 1.5 h, was diluted with CH2Cl2 (100 mL) and washed with 1M NaH2PO4 (50 mL×2) and brine (25 mL). The CH2Cl2 layer was dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated to a brown oil, which solidified upon cooling to give 1.35 g (100%) of 1,1-dimethylethyl 4-{[(methylsulfonyl)oxy]methyl}-1-piperidinecarboxylate as a brown solid, which was used without further purification. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 4.20-4.10 (m, 2H), 4.04 (d, 2H, J=6.5 Hz), 2.99 (s, 3H), 2.75-2.60 (m, 2H), 1.95-1.85 (m, 1H), 1.75-1.65 (m, 2H), 1.43 (s, 9H), 1.30-1.10 (m, 2H).

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