tert-Butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate → tert-butyl 3-[(dimethylamino)methylene]-4-oxotetrahydro-1(2H)-pyridinecarboxylate

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A mixture of tert-butyl 4-oxopiperidine-1-carboxylate (20.0 g, 100.38 mmol, 1.0 eq.) and N,N-dimethylformamide dimethylacetal (80 ml) was refluxed for 6 hours. After monitoring by thin-layer chromatography, the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was taken up in DCM (300 ml), washed with water (200 ml) and sat. NaCl solution (200 ml), dried over sodium sulfate, concentrated and purified by column chromatography (silica gel, 2.5% MeOH in DCM). Yield: 40% (10.2 g, 40.16 mmol)

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