N, N-dibenzenesulfonyl-3-amino-2, 4, 6-trimethylpyridine (V). When two moles of benzenesulfonyl chloride was used V was obtained in 79% yield. Compound V was in turn converted to N-benzene-sulfonyl-3-amino-2, 4, 6-trimethylpyridine (VI) by boiling with sodium ethoxide in ethanol sofution. Conversion of VI to N-benzenesulfonyl-N- carbomethoxymethyl-3-amino-2, 4, 6-trimethylpyridine was accomplished by treatment ...