Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
N-Formylpiperidine is an organic compound with the formula C6H11NO. It is the amide of formic acid and piperidine. It can be used as a polar aprotic solvent with better hydrocarbon solubility than other amide solvents such as dimethylformamide (DMF). It has also been used to transfer the formyl group to a Grignard reagent: PhCH2CH2MgCl + C6H11NO → PhCH2CH2CHOIn some formylation reaction of alkyllithium compounds N-formylpiperidine gives higher yields than the DMF.
