A mixture of BINAP (560 mg, 0.9 mmol), palladium acetate (135 mg, 0.6 mmol) and cesium carbonate (2.932 g, 9 mmol) in 1,4-dioxane (10 ml) was sonicated for 50 minutes. 1,1-Dimethylethyl 4-amino-1-piperidinecarboxylate (1.2 g, 6 mmol) and 3-bromobenzonitrile (1.638 g, 9 mmol) were added and the mixture heated to 105° C. overnight under an argon atmosphere. On cooling, the solvent was removed in vacuo and the residue partitioned between water (100 ml) and EtOAc (100 ml). The organic layer was separated, dried and concentrated and the crude product purified by chromatography. Elution with a 0-50% Et2O/petroleum ether gradient gave the title compound as a white solid (1.49 g). δH (CDCl3, 250 MHz) 7.22 (2H, t), 6.95 (1H, dd), 6.77 (2H, m), 4.07 (2H, m), 3.77 (1H, m), 3.41 (1H, m), 3.20 (1H, m), 2.93 (2H, m), 2.03 (2H, m), 1.47 (9H, s), 1.34 (2H, m). MS (ES): MH+ 302.
