Ethyl iodoacetate → (R)-tert-butyl 3-((R)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-(2-ethoxy-2-oxoethoxy)ethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of (R)-tert-butyl 3-((R)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-hydroxyethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (0.4395 g, 1.29 mmol), 60% NaH (1.320 g, 33 mmol), and ethyl iodoacetate (5.237 g, 24.5 mmol) in THF (20 mL) was heated at 90° C. for 18 h and then cooled to rt. The reaction mixture was then quenched with saturated brine and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×), dried over Na2SO4. After the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure, the crude product was purified by reversed-phase HPLC to afford 0.0775 g (14%) of (R)-tert-butyl 3-((R)-1-(3-chlorophenyl)-1-(2-ethoxy-2-oxoethoxy)ethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate. MS ESI +ve m/z 450 (M+Na).

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