Benzene → 1-tert-Butyl 4-methyl 4-(4-chlorophenyl)piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylate

Participants

Reaction Steps

To a stirred 4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-piperidine-1,4-dicarboxylic acid mono-tert-butyl ester (852 mg, 2.5 mmol) in methanol (5 ml)-benzene (17.5 ml) was added 15 ml (trimethylsilyl)diazomethane (2.0 M solution in hexanes) at room temperature. The mixture was stirred for 16 hours at room temperature and concentrated in vacuo. The residual yellow oil was purified by silica gel chromatography eluting with hexane-ethyl:acetate (9:1) to give the corresponding ester (780 mg, 88%).

Provenance & Evidence