Acetic Acid → 1,1-Dimethylethyl 4-(3-ethoxy-3-oxo-1-propyn-1-yl)-4-hydroxy-1-piperidinecarboxylate

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n-Butyllithium (175 ml, 0.28 mol) was added dropwise over 45 minutes to a stirred, cooled (−70° C.) solution of ethyl propiolate (32 ml, 0.32 mol) in tetrahydrofuran (250 ml). The mixture was stirred at −70° C. for 10 minutes, then a solution of 1,1-dimethylethyl 4-oxo-1-piperidinecarboxylate (18.6 g, 0.093 mol) in tetrahydrofuran (250 ml) was added dropwise over 1 hour maintaining the internal temperature below −70° C. The mixture was stirred at −70° C. for 1 hour and then acetic acid (21 ml) in tetrahydrofuran (50 ml) was added. The mixture was warmed to room temperature and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. Saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate (300 ml) and ethyl acetate (650 ml) were added and the layers were separated. The aqueous fraction was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×650 ml) and the combined organic fractions were washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4) and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by chromatography on a short silica gel column, eluting with 1:1 isohexane:ethyl acetate, to give the title compound (29.2 g, contains trace impurity).

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