Sodium Hydroxide → (3S,4S)-1-Boc-4-methyl-piperidine-3-carboxylic acid

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An aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide (2N, 20 mL) was added to a solution of cis-1-tert-butyl 3-ethyl 4-methylpiperidine-1,3-dicarboxylate (2.5 g, 9.21 mmol) in methanol (20 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 2 h. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was acidified to pH 2 using aqueous hydrochloric acid (1N) and was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to afford cis-1-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)-4-methylpiperidine-3-carboxylic acid (2.2 g).

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