tert-Butyl (6-methylpyridin-3-yl)carbamate → tert-butyl N-(6-methylpiperidin-3-yl)carbamate

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To a solution of tert-butyl (6-methylpyridin-3-yl)carbamate (9.00 g) in a mixture of acetic acid-ethanol (1:1, 100 ml) was added platinum (IV) oxide (900 mg), and the mixture was stirred under hydrogen pressure (0.4 MPa) at room temperature for 9 hours. To the mixture was further added platinum (IV) oxide (2.0 g), and the mixture was stirred for 10 hours. The reaction mixture was filtered on celite, and thereto was added toluene. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure, and to the residue was added a 5% aqueous potassium carbonates solution. The mixture was extracted with chloroform, and the organic layer was washed with a saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a crude product (8.03 g) of the title compound as a colorless oil.

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