Acetic Acid → tert-Butyl 4-(4-chlorobenzylamino)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of 4-chlorobenzylamine (859 mg, 6.07 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (20 mL) was added t-butyl-4-oxo-piperidine-1-carboxylate (1.451 g, 7.282 mmol), acetic acid (400 uL), and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.800 g, 8.497 mmol). The mixture was stirred at rt under nitrogen for 2 h, diluted with ethyl acetate, washed thrice with saturated sodium bicarbonate solution and dried over magnesium sulfate. The extracts were filtered and concentrated to afford 4-(4-chloro-benzylamino)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (2.49 g, >100%) as a yellow oil, which was of sufficient purity by H-NMR to use without further purification.

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