Sodium hydride → 2-[3-Methyl-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]-8-methyl-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-2-ene

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Acetamide oxime (500 mg, 6.75 mmol) suspended in THF (50 mL) under nitrogen was heated at 60° C. with NaH (132 mg, 5.5 mmol in oil dispersion) for 1 h. Anhydroecgonine methyl ester (2.76 mmol) and 4 Å° molecular sieves (2 g) were added and the reaction mixture heated under reflux for 3 h. After cooling, the reaction mixture was filtered and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue was chromatographed on a silica gel column eluting with CHCl3 --CH3OH (95:5) to give the free base.

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