Formaldehyde → 4-(t-Butoxycarbonyl)-1-methylpiperazine-2-carboxamide

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A solution of 6.00 g of 4-(t-butoxycarbonyl)piperazine-2-carboxamide and 3.28 g of a 37% aqueous formaldehyde solution in 60 ml of methanol was ice-cooled, and 16.66 g of sodium triacetoxyborohydride was added, followed by stirring at room temperature for 24 hours after removing an ice bath. The reaction solution was again ice-cooled, 3.28 g of a 37% aqueous formaldehyde solution and 16.66 g of sodium triacetoxyborohydride were added thereto. After stirring at room temperature for 16 hours, the reaction solution was diluted with ice water, alkalified with an aqueous saturated sodium hydrogen carbonate solution, followed by extraction with ethyl acetate three times. The organic layers were combined and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography to obtain 5.42 g of the objective compound as colorless crystals.

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