Acetyl chloride → 1-{3-[1-(3-Fluorophenyl)methylidene]piperidin-1-yl}ethanone

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Acetyl chloride (0.515 mL) was added to a mixture of 3-[1-(3-fluorophenyl)methylidene]-piperidine hydrochloride (Intermediate 226, 1.5 g) and N,N-di-isopropyl-N-ethylamine (2.52 mL) in anhydrous THF (50 mL) at 0° C. under nitrogen. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and was stirred for 2 hours. The mixture was diluted with water (100 mL) and extracted with ether, washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4) and filtered. The filtrate was evaporated to dryness and the residue was purified by chromatography on silica eluting with a mixture of ethyl acetate and cyclohexane with a gradient of 75-100% to give 1-{3-[1-(3-fluorophenyl)-methylidene]piperidin-1-yl}ethanone (1.38 g).

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