Dimethylcarbamoyl Chloride → tert-Butyl 2-(2-cyano-4-pyridyl)ethylcarbamate

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tert-Butyl 2-(4-pyridyl)ethylcarbamate N-oxide (7.4 g, 31 mmol) was dissolved in nitroethane (100 ml), and trimethylsilyl cyanide (9.2 g, 92 mmol) and N,N-dimethylcarbamoyl chloride (6.7 g, 62 mmol) were added thereto. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 10 hrs. The solvent was evaporated, and the residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography. The fractions eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:1, v/v) were collected, concentrated and recrystallized from hexane-ethyl acetate to give the titled compound (6.6 g, 86%).

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