Triethylazanium;formate → (S)-3-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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Pd(OH)2/C (1.54 g, 2.2 mmol) was flushed with nitrogen, (S)-3-(6-benzyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (8.5 g, 20.67 mmol) dissolved in methanol (50 mL) was added followed by the addition of triethylammonium formate (7.9 g, 53.7 mmol). The reaction mixture was refluxed for 1 h, cooled down to room temperature, filtered through a celite pad and the filtrate was partitioned between 2-Me-THF (50 mL) and water (20 mL). The upper organic phase was collected and the bottom aqueous phase was re-extracted with 2-Me-THF (10 mL). All the organic layers were combined and concentrated under vacuum to provide (S)-3-(5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidin-4-yloxy)-pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (6.2 g, 94% yield) as a yellow gum.

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