Acetic Acid → 5-Methyl-2-furylmethylamine

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Reaction Steps

A solution of (5-aminomethyl-quinolin-2-yl)-(5-methyl-furan-2-ylmethyl)-amine (example 126, step B) (95 mg, 0.355 mmol), 4-fluorobenzaldehyde (97 mg, 0.78 mmol) and acetic acid (85.4 mg, 1.42 mmol) in 1,1-dichloroethane (5 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 30 min. Afterwards sodium triacetoxy-boron hydride (176 mg, 0.75 mmol) was added, the reaction mixture was allowed to stir for 21 h at room temperature, poured into ice/saturated NaHCO3 solution (20 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×30 ml). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (20 ml), dried (MgSO4) and evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (ethyl acetate/heptane) on silica gel to yield beside 5-{[bis-(4-fluoro-benzyl)-amino]-methyl}-quinolin-2-yl)-(5-methyl-furan-2-ylmethyl)-amine (114 mg, 66%) the title compound as light yellow oil (30 mg, 22%).

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