Methyl iodide → 3-[4-[2-(2-Fluorophenyl)acetyl]piperidino]methyl-1-methyl-1H-pyrazin-2-one

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After dissolving 300 mg of 3-[4-[2-(2-fluorophenyl)acetyl]piperidino]methyl-1H-pyrazin-2-one in 5 ml of N,N-dimethylformamide, 113 mg of potassium tert-butoxide was added, the mixture was stirred for 30 minutes while cooling on ice, 0.063 ml of methyl iodide was added and the stirring was continued for 1 hour. Ice 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: ethyl acetate/methanol). Diisopropyl ether was added and the mixture was filtered to obtain the title compound (61 mg, 20% yield).

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