Nitric Acid → 1-Methyl-4-(4-nitrophenyl)piperidine

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To 1-methyl-4-phenylpiperidine (2.663 g, 15.19 mmol) was added carefully H2SO4 (15.2 ml). The reaction was cooled in an ice bath and a solution of H2SO4 (1.66 ml) and fuming HNO3 (0.67 ml, 15.95 mmol) was added dropwise over 45 min. The mix was stirred at 0° C. for 3 h then at RT for 1.5 h before being poured over about 90 g ice and basified with 24 g solid NaOH. The mix was extracted with CH2Cl2. The organic layer was washed with H2O, dried over Na2SO4, and concentrated in vacuo. The crude was eluted on a silica gel column with a MeOH/CH2Cl2 gradient to yield 1-methyl-4-(4-nitrophenyl)piperidine which was hydrogenated under H2 to furnish the title compound.

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