Dimethylcarbamoyl Chloride → tert-Butyl 6-cyanopicolinate

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A mixture of tert-butyl 2-pyridinecarboxylate N-oxide (12.4 g, 63 mmol), trimethylsilyl cyanide (9.6 g, 96 mmol), N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl chloride (10.3 g, 95 mmol) and nitroethane (80 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 3 days. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography, eluted with hexane-ethyl acetate (3; 1, v/v) and recrystallized from tetrahydrofuran-hexane to give the titled compound (11.1 g, 85%).

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