Dimethylformamide → Methyl 4-[(4-hydroxypiperidin-1-yl)methyl]-3-isopropoxybenzoate

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A mixture of methyl 4-(bromomethyl)-3-isopropoxybenzoate (2.0 g, 6.96 mmol), 4-hydroxypiperidine (1.06 g, 10.4 mmol), potassium carbonate (1.44 g, 10.4 mmol) and N,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL) was stirred at 70° C. for 20 hr. The reaction mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate, washed with water and saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (basic silica gel, hexane/ethyl acetate=10/1-hexane/ethyl acetate=1/2) to give the title compound (1.77 g, yield 83%) as a pale-yellow oil.

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