Ethyl Acetate → Tert-butyl 4-(5-acetyl-3-chloropyridin-2-yl)piperazine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of 4-[3-chloro-5-(methoxy-methyl-carbamoyl)-pyridin-2-yl]-piperazine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester from step (b) above (1.0 g, 2.6 mmol) in anhydrous THF (20 mL) was added MeMgBr (2.6 mL, 3M solution in Et2O, 7.8 mmol, Aldrich) with stirring at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h and poured into satd. aq. NaHCO3 solution (20 mL). After the addition of EtOAc (50 mL), the mixture was washed with brine (20 mL), dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (70% EtOAc in hexane) to give the title compound as a white solid. MS (ESI, pos. ion) m/z: 340 (M+1).

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