Ethyl 6-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino]pyridine-2-carboxylate → Tert-butyl (6-(hydroxymethyl)pyridin-2-yl)carbamate

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To a stirred solution of ethyl 6-(tert-butoxycarbonylamino)picolinate (92; 11.0 g, 33 mmol) in THF (120 mL) under nitrogen was added LiAlH4 (3.80 g, 100 mmol) in THF (60 mL) over a period of 30 min at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 6 h and carefully quenched by the addition of water (2.0 mL) and 10% NaOH solution (4.0 mL) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue purified by chromatography (1:1 petroleum ether:ethyl acetate) to afford tert-butyl 6-(hydroxymethyl)pyridin-2-ylcarbamate 93 (3.0 g, 41%).

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