Water → Methyl 2-(1-methylpiperidin-4-ylidene)acetate

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NaH (7.08 g, 177 mmol) (60% in oil) was washed with hexanes (3× under N2), suspended in 250 mL of THF and cooled to 0° C. To this mixture was added 20.1 g (115 mmol) of trimethylphosphonoacetate in 20 mL of THF and the resulting mixture was stirred at 20° C. for 30 min. 1-Methylpiperid-4-one (10 g, 88.5 mmol) in 25 mL of THF was added and stirring was continued for 4 h. Water (5 mL) was carefully added and the mixture was poured into brine, extracted with 800 mL EtOAc. Drying and evaporation gave crude (1-methyl-piperidin-4-ylidene)-acetic acid methyl ester as a 1:1 mixture of isomers.

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