Diisopropylethylamine → (S)-2-[(4-Cyano-2,6-difluorophenylamino)-methyl]-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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(S)-2-Aminomethyl-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1.36 g) and 3,4,5-trifluorobenzonitrile (1.00 g) were heated under argon in xylene (10 ml) containing diisopropylethylamine (3.3 ml) for 16 h. The reaction mixture was cooled and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried and evaporated to give a solid which was triturated with pentane-ether to afford the title product (0.16 g) as an off white powder. Chromatography of the mother liquors on silica gel eluting with ethyl acetate-pentane mixtures afforded further title product (0.92 g). Mass Spectrum (API+): Found 252 (MH+-tBoc). C18H23F2N3O2 requires 351.

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