Chloroacetonitrile → 1-Cyanomethyl-4-diphenylmethoxypiperidine

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To the solution of 55.0 g of 4-diphenylmethoxy-piperidine in 250 ml of dimethylformamide, 32.0 g of anhydrous potassium carbonate are added while stirring, followed by the dropwise addition of the solution of 17.2 g of chloroacetonitrile in 25 ml of dimethylformamide and the suspension is stirred overnight at room temperature. It is concentrated, partitioned between water and diethyl ether, the organic phase washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride, dried and evaporated. The residue is recrystallized from ethanol, to yield the 1-cyanomethyl-4-diphenylmethoxypiperidine melting at 78°-80°.

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