Cyclobutanone → Tert-butyl 4-(4-(1-cyanocyclobutylamino)phenyl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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Trimethylsilyl cyanide (0.3 g, 3 mmol) was added dropwise to a mixture of 43a (0.415 g, 1.5 mmol), cyclobutanone (0.21 g, 3 mmol) and sodium sulfate (1 g) in dichloromethane (5 ml). The mixture was stirred for 15 hours. After filtration to eliminate sodium sulfate, the medium was concentrated under vacuum to obtain a brown liquid which was subjected to chromatography (dichloromethane:acetone, 75:25) to yield 43b (0.448 g, 1.26 mmol, 84%) as a yellow solid.

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