4-Methylmorpholine → oxetan-2-ylmethyl 4-isopropyl-1,4,6,7-tetrahydro-5H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine-5-carboxylate

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2-Hydroxymethyloxetane (0.71 g, 8.10 mmol) was dissolved in DCM (10 mL) at 0° C. and NMM (0.89 mL, 8.10 mmol) and 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate (1.63 g, 8.10 mmol) were added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 h. A solution of Intermediate 1 (1.16 g, 3.90 mmol) and DIPEA (2.69 mL, 15.4 mmol) in DCM (20 mL) was added and the resulting solution was stirred for 18 h. The solvents were removed in vacuo, the residue was dissolved in MeOH (10 mL) and 1 M aq NaOH solution (10 mL) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 2 h and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in EtOAc (120 mL), the organic layer was washed with 1M aq Na2CO3 solution (4×100 mL), dried (MgSO4) and the solvents were removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography (normal phase, 20 g, Strata SI-1, silica gigatube, DCM (200 ml) followed by 2%, 4% and 5% MeOH in DCM (200 mL)) and reverse phase HPLC (YMC ODS-A 100×20 mm, 5 μm, 25 mL per min, gradient 20% to 100% (over 7 min) then 100% (3 min) MeOH in 10% MeOH/water) to give oxetan-2-ylmethyl 4-isopropyl-1,4,6,7-tetrahydro-5H-imidazo[4,5-c]pyridine-5-carboxylate (93.4 mg, 8.7%) as a white solid.

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