Diethyl Ether → Zeneca ZM 224832

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A mixture of 1.82 g (6.32 mmol) of 3,5-diamino-N-[2-[(2-aminoethyl)methylamino]ethyl]-6 -chloropyrazinecarboxamide (A) and 1.70 g (6.32 mmol) of 6-bromo-1,1-dimethyl-5-hydroxyindan-4-carboxaldehyde (B) in 70 ml of ethanol and 10 ml of methylene chloride was stirred at ambient temperature for 1 h. Sodium borohydride (0.29 g, 7.58 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture stirred for 15 min. The solution was evaporated and the residue was partitioned between water and methylene chloride The organic phase was dried and evaporated. The residue was chromatographed on silica gel (150 g) using 0.2:3:96.8 (v/v/v) ammonium hydroxide:methanol:methylene chloride as eluent. There was obtained 2.62 g (4.84 mmol, 77%) of the title compound after trituration with ether: mp 134°-136° C.

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