Triethylamine → 1,1-Dimethylethyl N-(2-amino-4-cyanophenyl)carbamate

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To solution of (4-cyano-2-nitrophenyl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (3.6 g, 13.8 mmol) in methanol (18 mL), ethyl acetate (28 mL) and triethylamine (1.9 mL, 13.6 mmol) was added 10% Pd on carbon (0.73 g, 0.69 mmol). The reaction mixture was hydrogenated under 1 atm H2 for 24 hours, filtered through Celite and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography in silica gel using 20% ethyl acetate in n-heptane as eluent to afford (2-amino-4-cyanophenyl)-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (2.6 g, 82%) as a light yellow solid.

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