Sodium hydride → tert-Butyl 4-(5-cyanopyridin-2-yloxy)piperidine-1-carboxylate

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Add dropwise a solution of 4-hydroxy-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (1210 mg, 6.01 mmol) in DMF (1.8 mL) to a suspension of NaH (360 mg, 9.02 mmol) in DMF (7.2 mL). Stir at room temperature for 45 min then at 50° C. for additional 40 min. Add a solution of 6-chloro-nicotinonitrile (1000 mg, 7.22 mmol) in DMF (3.6 mL) dropwise and stir overnight at 60° C. Cool down the reaction mixture and evaporate the solvent. Wash the residue with water (10) and extract with EtOAc/hex (2/1, 15 mL). Combine the organic layers and dry over sodium sulfate. Filter and concentrate. Purify the resulting residue through an SCX column. Further purified by chromatography [CH2Cl2/NH3 (2.0M in methanol) 20/1] to provide the title compound (1.73 g, 94%).

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