Ethyl 4-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate → HCID 17963321, compound

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4-(3,4-Dichlorophenoxy)piperidine (Method B, 1.44 g), ethyl 4-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate (1.0 g) and acetic acid (0.34 ml) were combined in THF 10 ml and the solution was cooled in ice. Sodium triacetoxy borohydride (1.45 g) was added and the mixture was stirred overnight and allowed to come to ambient temperature. The reaction mixture was poured onto a stirred saturated aq solution of sodium bicarbonate. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate thrice, the organic phases were washed with brine, dried, filtered and evaporated. The residue was purified on an SCX cartridge (International Sorbent Technology Isolute® Flash SCX-2), washed with methanol and then product eluted with 0.7M ammonia in methanol. Further purification by chromatography (silica, 90:9:1 DCM:methanol:triethylamine) gave the subtitle compound (1.59 g; MS [M+H]+ (APCI+) 400/402) as a mixture of cis/trans isomers.

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