Dimethylformamide → 3-(tert-Butoxy)pyrazine-2-carbaldehyde

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After dissolving 2.50 ml of 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine in 40 ml of tetrahydrofuran, the solution was cooled to −50° C. Next, 5.25 ml of n-butyllithium (2.6 M, n-hexane solution) was added dropwise thereto under a nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was stirred for 25 minutes, cooled on ice, and stirred for an additional 35 minutes. It was then cooled to −78° C., and a solution of 1.89 g of 2-tert-butoxypyrazine [CAS No. 70090-30-1] in tetrahydrofuran (5 ml) was added dropwise. After stirring the mixture for 15 minutes, 1.25 ml of N, N-dimethylformamide was added dropwise. After 10 minutes, water was added to the reaction solution and extraction was performed with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with water and saturated brine in that order and dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and then the solvent was distilled off under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (solvent: n-hexane/ethyl acetate) to obtain the title compound (1.00 g, 45% yield).

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