Dimethylformamide → tert-butyl N-methyl-N-(piperidin-3-yl)carbamate

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In a water bath at room temperature, sodium hydride (60% in oil) (0.4 g) was added to a mixture of 3-t-butoxycarbonylaminopiperidin-1-carboxylic acid benzyl ester (compound 25a) (3.3 g), methyl iodide (0.75 mL), and N,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL), and this was stirred at room temperature for four hours. The reaction solution was extracted using ethyl acetate and water, the organic layer was washed with water, and then with saturated brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and concentrated. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography using 10% to 20% ethyl acetate/hexane to give an oily substance (3.04 g). A mixture of all of the resulting material with ethanol (20 mL) and 10% palladium on carbon was stirred under hydrogen atmosphere at room temperature for five hours. The catalyst was filtered off, and the filtrate was concentrated to give the title compound (1.82 g).

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