Arecoline → Methyl 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-1-methylpiperidine-3-carboxylate

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A 2 molar solution of 4-fluorophenylmagnesium bromide in diethyl ether (3.5 ml, 1.4 molar equivalents) was stirred at −5 to −10° C. under nitrogen, and a solution of arecoline (0.78 g) in dichloromethane (4.0 ml) added over 15 minutes at −5° C. The clear solution was stirred at −5° C. for 1 hour, then quenched by the addition of a mixture of water (25 ml) and concentrated hydrochloric acid (3 ml). Analysis of the aqueous phase by HPLC showed that yield of cis/trans 1 ethyl-3-carbomethoxy-4-(4-fluorophenyl)-piperidine was about 965 mg (77 %).

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