Sodium hydride → Tert-butyl 4-(pyridin-2-ylmethyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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To a stirred suspension of 0.28 g (0.71 mmol) of sodium hydride (60% mineral oil dispersion) in 5 mL anhydrous N,N-dimethylformamide at 0° C. was added 0.12 g (0.65 mmol) tert-butyl 1-piperazine-carboxylate. The resulting mixture was stirred under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 15 min and then allowed to warm to ambient temperature at which point 0.14 g (0.59 mmol) of 2-(bromomethyl)pyridine was added. After 4 h, quench the reaction with 25 mL cold water and extract the resulting solution with 25 mL ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water (2×25 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and evaporated in vacuo to afford the title compound which was purified by reverse-phase HPLC (TMC Pro-Pac C18; 10-100% 0.1% trifluoroacetic acid in acetonitrile/0.1% trifluoroacetic acid in water gradient). LC/MS: m/z (ES) 278.1 (MH)+.

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