Potassium Sodium Tartrate → (S)-3-(3-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)azetidin-1-yl)-2-hydroxy-N-(pyridin-2-yl)propanamide

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Trimethylaluminium (7.60 mL, 15.20 mmol) was added to pyridin-2-amine (1.431 g, 15.20 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (30 mL) cooled to 0° C. under nitrogen. The resulting solution was stirred at 0° C. for 10 minutes. (S)-Methyl 3-(3-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)azetidin-1-yl)-2-hydroxypropanoate (Intermediate AD3) (2.2 g, 7.60 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (10 mL) was added and the resulting solution was allowed to warm to room temperature and then heated at 80° C. for 4 hours. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, neutralised with Rochelle salt in water (20%, 75 mL), diluted with water (50 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (2×50 mL). The organic phase was separated, washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash silica chromatography, elution gradient 20 to 50% EtOAc in isohexane to give impure product. This was shown to contain the starting amine so was re-purified by flash silica chromatography, elution gradient 0 to 10% MeOH in DCM to afford the product (1.928 g, 72.2%).

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