Hydrochloric Acid → 1-[1-(Ethoxycarbonyl)azepan-4-yl]-4-methylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid

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Ethyl 4-[4-methyl-4-(ethoxycarbonyl)piperidin-1-yl]azepane-1-carboxylate (0.37 g, 1.09 mmol) was dissolved in THF (10 mL) at rt and 1M LiOH sol. (3.3 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The pH was carefully adjusted to pH 6 by addition of concentrated hydrochloric acid, the solvents were removed in vacuo, to give 1-[1-(ethoxycarbonyl)azepan-4-yl]-4-methylpiperidine-4-carboxylic acid (0.66 g) as a viscous colourless oil, Intermediate 4, which was used crude in subsequent reactions.

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