“…4-Chloro-2-(2-methoxypheny)-1-tosylpiperidine (3b). Compounds 3b (114.1 mg, 62% yield, trans:cis = 76:24) were prepared according to the general procedure and were purified by flash chromatography using petroleum ether/ethyl acetate (40:1) as eluent.trans-4-Chloro-2-(2-methoxypheny)-1-tosylpiperidine (trans 3b, major diastereomer, white solid):1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 7.54 (d, J = 8.3 Hz, 2H), 7.17-7.09 (m, 3H), 6.99 (d, J = 7.5 Hz, 1H), 6.77-6.69 (m, 2H), 5.50 (d, J = 3.6 Hz, 1H), 4.00 (dt, J = 14.1, 4.0 Hz, 1H), 3.80 (tt, J = 11.4, 3.8 Hz, 1H), 3.73 (s, 3H), 3.49 (ddd, J = 14.5, 12.1, 3.2 Hz, 1H), 2.66 (dq, J = 13.3, 2.7 Hz, 1H), 2.34 (s, 4H), 2.03 (dt, J = 12.8, 2.8 Hz, 1H), 1.87-1.78 (m, 1H), 1.61 (qd, J = 12.2, 5.0 Hz, 1H). 13 C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 155.2, 142.1, 136.6, 128.5, 127.4, 126.4, 125.9, 119.1, 109.6, 54.1, 52.8, 52.0, 42.2, 38.3, 34.5, 20.5. cis-4-Chloro-2-(2-methoxypheny)-1-tosylpiperidine (cis 3b, minor diastereomer, white solid): 1 H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl 3 ) δ 7.37 (d, J = 8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.19 (d, J = 11.2 Hz, 1H), 7.08 (d, J = 8.0 Hz, 3H), 6.77 (t, J = 7.4 Hz, 1H), 6.63-6.59 (m, 1H), 4.80 (dd, J = 8.3, 4.9 Hz, 1H), 3.96 (tt, J = 7.7, 4.2 Hz, 2H), 3.64 (s, 3H), 3.35 (ddd, J = 13.6, 7.1, 4.3 Hz, 1H), 2.34 (s, 4H), 2.32 (s, 4H), 2.20-2.07 (m, 1H), 1.97-1.85 (m, 1H).…”