Two routes for the synthesis of cis-N-protected-3-methylamino-4-methylpiperidine (3) were examined: a route hinging on the
electrochemical oxidation of carbamate 1 to install a ketone at
the 3 position of the piperidine followed by reductive amination
(disconnection A), and a route involving the hydrogenation of
an appropriately functionalized pyridine (disconnection B).
While both routes to the desired compound were ultimately
successful, the pyridine hydrogenation approach proved to be
more amenable to kilogram-scale preparations due to the
crystallinity and purity of intermediates in that route.
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