Triethylamine → tert-Butyl 5-cyano-6-methylpyridin-2-ylcarbamate

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A mixture of 2-amino-5-cyano-6-methylpyridine (10.0 g, 75.1 mmol), (BOC)2O (16.39 g, 75.1 mmol), triethylamine (11.5 ml, 82.6 mmol) and DMAP (0.92 g, 7.5 mmol) in methylene chloride (200 ml) was stirred for 3 h. More triethylamine (4.22 ml) and (BOC2)O (1.64 g) were added and after 16 h the reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and was washed with 1M AcOH (3 times), dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give dark brown solid. The crude product was purified by flash column chromatography (10% ethylacetate/hexanes) to give the title compound as a white solid:

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