Triethylamine → 4-Fluoro-4-(methylsulfonyloxymethyl)-1-piperidinecarboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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To a 0° C. solution of tert-butyl 4-fluoro-4-(hydroxymethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate (2.60 g, 11.1 mmol) and triethylamine (2.33 mL, 16.7 mmol) in 55 mL dichloromethane was added neat methanesulfonyl chloride (0.949 mL, 12.3 mmol) dropwise by syringe. The reaction mixture was slowly warmed to ambient temperature and stirred at ambient temperature for 17 hours. Saturated NaHCO3 was added, the mixture was extracted with dichloromethane, and combined extracts were dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and concentrated. The crude was purified on silica gel (4:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate to 1:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate) to give the title compound (3.2 g, 92.2% yield) as a white powder.

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