• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.34 no.5
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• pp.1371-1377
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• 2013

A new synthetic route to N-Cbz-cis-(3R,4R)-3-methylamino-4-methylpiperidine, key intermediate for CP-690,550, was disclosed with L-malic acid as the chiral pool starting material. The title compound was obtained in 16 steps with a total yield of 26% and more than 98% ee.