4-Piperidone is an organic compound with the molecular formula OC(CH2)4NH. It can be viewed as a derivative of piperidine. 4-Piperidone is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of chemicals and pharmaceutical drugs. Substituted and dehydro derivatives of 4-piperidinone are intermediates in alkaloid syntheses.[1]
It is a List I chemical in the United States. It is a precursor to fentanyl.
The N-protonated derivative is typically isolated as the hydrate (HO)2C(CH2)4NH+2.[2]
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References
- ^ Weintraub, Philip M.; Sabol, Jeffrey S.; Kane, John M.; Borcherding, David R. (2003). "Recent advances in the synthesis of piperidones and piperidines". Tetrahedron. 59 (17): 2953–2989. doi:10.1016/s0040-4020(03)00295-3.
- ^ Gamrad, Waltraud; Dreier, Angelika; Goddard, Richard; Pörschke, Klaus-Richard (2015). "Cation-Cation Pairing by N-C-H⋅⋅⋅O Hydrogen Bonds". Angewandte Chemie International Edition. 54 (15): 4482–4487. doi:10.1002/anie.201408278. PMID 25712229.