Benzyl Bromide → Benzyl 2-benzyl-3-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate

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Reaction Steps

A stirring solution of N-(benzyloxycarbonyl)-3-piperidone (1000 mg, 4.25 mmol) and pyrrolidine (454 mg, 6.38 mmol, Aldrich) in dry toluene (10 mL) in a round bottom flask fitted with a Dean-Stark trap was refluxed for 4 h. The reaction was conc. in vacuo to a orange oil. The oil was dissolved in dry acetonitrile (10 mL) and then benzyl bromide (800 mg, 4.68 mmol, Aldrich) was added. The reaction was heated to reflux for 16 h and then cooled to room temperature. The reaction was quenched by the addition of 1M HCl (50 mL) and then extracted with EtOAc (4×40 mL). The organic layers were combined, washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, and conc. in vacuo to an oil. The oil was purified by flash chromatography (SiO2, 7–20% EtOAc in hexanes) to yield 86 mg of the product as a white solid. MS (ESI) 324 (M+H).

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