Dimethyl Sulfoxide → (2S,5R)-2,5-Dimethyl-4-(5-nitro-pyridin-2-yl)-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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A mixture of 2-chloro-5-nitropyridine (1.0 g, 6.3 mmol), (2S,5R)-2,5-dimethyl-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.4 g, 6.3 mmol), and potassium carbonate (1.7 g, 13 mmol) was stirred in DMSO (5.0 mL, 70 mmol) at 100° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was filtered thru a silica gel pad, which was washed with EtOAc (200 mL). The filtrate was washed with water (2×10 mL), concentrated, and purified by silica gel chromatography (eluted with ethyl acetate/hexane=0 to 80%) to give the title intermediate (1.724 g, 81% yield) as a yellow solid.

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