Water → 6-(Spiro[1-benzofuran-3,1'-cyclopropan]-4-yloxy)-3-pyridinamine

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To a solution of 5-nitro-2-(spiro[1-benzofuran-3,1′-cyclopropan]-4-yloxy)pyridine (Reference Intermediate 215, 99 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (5 ml)/water (2.5 ml) iron (97 mg, 1.741 mmol) and then ammonium chloride (93 mg, 1.741 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 4 hours at room temperature. The catalyst was filtered off and the residue was diluted with an aqueous saturated solution of NaHCO3 (5 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×10 ml). The organic layer was dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated and the residue was purified by flash chromatography (Biotage system) on silica gel using a 10 g SNAP column and cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 8:2 to cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 1:1 as eluents affording the title compound as a light yellow solid (85 mg).

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