Triethylamine → N-benzyl-N'-(2,3-dimethyl-phenyl)-hydrazinecarboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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A mixture of N-benzyl-hydrazinecarboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (Intermediate 27; 790 mg, 3.55 mmol), 2,3-dimethylphenylboronic acid (Aldrich; 522 mg, 3.48 mmol), copper(II) acetate (646 mg, 3.55 mmol) and triethylamine (500 μL, 3.55 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane (5.5 mL) was heated in an oil bath at 50° C. for 2 h. The mixture was allowed to cool, and it was then adsorbed onto silica gel and purified by chromatography using an ISCO 40 g column, eluting with 20-40% ethyl acetate/hexanes, to give N-benzyl-N′-(2,3-dimethyl-phenyl)-hydrazinecarboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (450 mg, 39%) as a yellow oil.

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