Triethylamine → tert-Butyl 5-cyano-6-methylpyridin-2-ylcarbamate

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A mixture of 2-amino-5-cyano-6-methylpyridine (10.0 g, 75.1 mmol), (BOC)2O (16.39 g, 75.1 mmol), triethylamine (11.5 ml, 82.6 mmol) and DMAP (0.92 g, 7.5 mmol) in methylene chloride (200 ml) was stirred for 3 h. More triethylamine (4.22 ml) and (BOC2)O (1.64 g) were added and after 16 h the reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate and was washed with 1 M AcOH (3 times), dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated in vacuo to give dark brown solid. The crude product was purified by flash column chromatography (10% ethylacetate/hexanes) to give the title compound as a white solid:

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