Methyl iodide → HCID 178501214, compound

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Potassium tert-butylate (35 mg, 0.31 mmol, 1.0 eq) is added at room temperature to a stirred solution of trans-4-[(2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxin-6-ylmethyl)-amino]-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester (100 mg, 0.31 mmol, 1.0 eq) in N,N-dimethylformamide (4 mL), followed by methyl iodide (10 μL, 0.16 mmol, 0.5 eq). After 15 hours stirring at room temperature methyl iodide (10 μL, 0.16 mmol, 0.5 eq) is added again. After 4 hours stirring at room temperature, solvent is evaporated and the residue is extracted with ethyl acetate (3×5 mL) and water (5 mL). The combined organic layers are washed with brine (5 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to afford trans-4-[(2,3-dihydro-benzo[1,4]dioxin-6-ylmethyl)-methyl-amino]-cyclohexanecarboxylic acid methyl ester as a brown oil (1.60 g, 98% yield).

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