Sodium Azide → tert-Butyl 3-(azidomethyl)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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A solution of 3-methanesulfonyloxymethylpiperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (19.11 g, 65.1 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (125 mL) was treated with sodium azide (12.70 g, 195 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 22 hours. The mixture was cooled and filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated under vacuum. The residue was dissolved in ethyl acetate, washed with water, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under vacuum to provide a colorless liquid (15.34 g, 98%) which was used without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ3.95 (bd, J=12 Hz, 1H), 3.86 (dt, J=13, 4 Hz, 1H), 3.22 (d, J=7 Hz, 2H), 2.87 (ddd, J=14, 11, 3 Hz, 1H), 2.68 (m, 1H), 1.9-1.6 (3H), 1.49 (m, 1H), 1.47 (s, 9H), 1.26 (m, 1H).

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