Trifluoroacetic acid → 2-amino-N-(6-hydroxy-benzofuran-2-ylmethyl)-6-methoxymethyl-nicotinamide

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To a trifluoroacetic acid (11 mL) solution of 2-amino-N-(6-benzyloxy-benzofuran-2-ylmethyl)-6-methoxymethyl-nicotinamide (557 mg, 1.33 mmol) described in Example 4 was added thioanisole (626 μL, 5.35 mmol) at 0° C., which was stirred at 0° C. for 3 hours. To the reaction solution were added sodium bicarbonate and water at 0° C. followed by extraction with ethyl acetate and tetrahydrofuran. The organic layer was washed with sat. NaCl followed by drying over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and filtering. The filtrate was concentrated under a reduced pressure and the residue was purified by NH silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate:methanol=10:1) to obtain the title compound (331 mg, 76%) as a white solid.

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