Triethylamine → Benzyl 5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate

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A solution of 1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (5.0 g, 60.15 mmol) and triethylamine (16.77 mL, 2 equiv) in CH2Cl2 (50 mL) was cooled to 0° C. (ice/water bath), Benzyl chloroformate (9.7 mL, 1.1 equiv) was added slowly. After 30 min, the reaction mixture was allowed to warm slowly to rt and stirred for 4 h. LC-MS showed the reaction was complete. The mixture was diluted with ether (300 mL), washed with 5% aq HCl (2×50 mL), satd aq NaHCO3 (40 mL) and brine (40 mL), and dried over Na2SO4. After concentration, benzyl 5,6-dihydropyridine-1(2H)-carboxylate (9.93 g, 78% yield) was left. LC-MS (3 min) tR=1.74 min., m/z 218 (M+1).

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