Dimethylcarbamoyl Chloride → tert-butyl N-[2-(6-cyanopyridin-2-yl)ethyl]carbamate

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tert-Butyl 2-(2-pyridyl)ethylcarbamate N-oxide (6.2 g, 26 mmol) was dissolved in nitroethane (80 ml), and trimethylsilyl cyanide (7.8 g, 78 mmol) and N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl chloride (5.5 g, 51 mmol) were added thereto. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 48 hrs. The solvent was evaporated, and the residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography. The fractions eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:2, v/v) were collected, concentrated and recrystallized from hexane-ethyl acetate to give the titled compound (5.3 g, 83%).

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