Sodium hydride → HCID 68505590, compound

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A stirring solution of racemic trans-3-hydroxy-4-[2,5-dimethylbenzimidazol-1yl]-N-Boc-piperidine (950 mg; 2.75 mmol) in THF (30 mL) under Ar cooled to 0° C. NaH (60% oil dispersion; 132 mg; 3.3 mmol) was added and the mixture was stirred for 15 min followed by addition of tert-butyl bromoacetate (516 μL; 3.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was warmed to rt and allowed to stir for 14 hours after which it was poured into satd NH4Cl and extracted three times with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine and dried over MgSO4. Filtration followed by removal of volatiles under reduced pressure yielded crude product. Racemic 3-tert-butoxycarbonylmethoxy-4-(2,5-dimethyl-benzoimidazol-1-yl)-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester was isolated as an oil by flash chromatography (470 mg; 37%)

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