Rhodium
(Chief Bee)
07-10-03 13:37
No 446159
       Synthesis of (±)-erythro-Methylphenidate
(Rated as: excellent) 		    

A Concise and Stereoselective Synthesis of (±)-erythro-Methylphenidate
Dennis Russowsky,  and Brenno Amaro da Silveira Neto
Tetrahedron Letters, 44(14), 2923-2926 (2003) (../rhodium/pdf /erythro-methylphenidate.pdf)
DOI:10.1016/S0040-4039(03)00420-9



Abstract

A concise and stereoselective synthesis of racemic erythro-methylphenidate (1) is described. The coupling reaction between piperidine-2-thione (3) and 2-bromo-2- phenylmethylacetate (4) afforded the -enaminocarbonyl compound 2 in 60% yield by a modified Eschenmoser sulfide contraction reaction. In most cases the bicyclic thiazolidinone 5 was produced. Diastereoselective reduction of 2 in the presence of borohydrydes furnished the (±)-erythro-methylphenidate in good yields with dr >95%. 		 
 
 
 
    Rhodium
(Chief Bee)
06-03-04 18:40
No 511244
       Two Methylphenidate Syntheses
(Rated as: good read) 		    

Über stereoisomere 2-Piperidylphenylessigsäure-methylester
I. Weisz & A. Dudás
Monatsheft für Chemie, 840-849 (1960) (../rhodium/pdf /methylphenidate.1960.pdf)
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Über die Darstellung von Pyridyl- und Piperidyl-aryl-acetonitrilen und einigen Umwandlungsprodukten. III Teil.
K. Scholz & L. Panizzon
Helv. Chim. Acta 37, 1605-1611 (1954) (../rhodium/pdf /methylphenidate.1954.pdf)
The Hive - Clandestine Chemists Without Borders 		 
 
 
 
    cattleprodder
(Hive Bee)
06-04-04 23:32
No 511512
       2-benzylpiperidine     

I wonder if benzyl bromide can be substituted for
Ph-CH(Br)CO2Me in the above synthesis to yield
2-benzylpiperidine.