Acetic Acid → 4-Fluorobenzylamine

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A mixture of 6-chloro-4-ethoxy-pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidin-2-ylamine (0.22 g), 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (2.0 mmol), acetic acid 5.0 mmol) and molecular sieves (10 mg) in DCE (3 mL) was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. NaBH(OAc)3 was added portion by portion. The mixture was stirred for 16 hours, and then quenched by adding saturated aqueous NaHCO3. The solution was partitioned with DCM. The organic layer was dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated to afford the crude product which was purified by flash chromatography using hexane/ethyl acetate as eluting solvent. 0.33 g of 6-chloro-4-ethoxy-pyrido[3,2-d]pyrimidin-2-yl)-(4-fluoro-benzyl)-amine (Example 61) was obtained (yield: 50%) as a white solid which was characterized by its mass spectrum as follows: MS (m/z) 333.1 [M+H]+.

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