Diethyl Ether → 4-(2-Bromoacetyl)-4-phenylpiperidine hydrobromide

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Reaction Steps

8 g of bromine are added rapidly at RT to a suspension of 11.98 g of 4-acetyl-4-phenylpiperidine hydrochloride in 200 ml of DCM and the reaction mixture is left to stand overnight at RT, with stirring. It is diluted by the addition of 200 ml of ether and the precipitate formed is filtered off and washed with ether to give 17.88 g of the expected product after drying under vacuum.

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