Acetic Acid → HCID 67068492, compound

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Reaction Steps

3-Amino-4-bromo-1H-pyrrole-2-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (0.136 g, 0.58 mmol) and isobutyraldehyde (0.067 g, 0.93 mmol) were stirred in CH2Cl2/MeOH (1:1, 3 mL) at r.t. for 2 h. NaCNBH3 (0.065 g, 1.04 mmol) and HOAc (0.035 g, 0.58 mmol) were added and the mixture was stirred at r.t. for 2 h and then stirred at 50° C. for 16 h. Additional isobutyraldehyde (1 equiv.) and NaCNBH3 (0.5 equiv.) were added and the mixture was continued stirring at 50° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was neutralized with 2 M NaOH solution and the solvents were removed in vacuo. The residue was taken up in ethyl acetate and extracted with water. The organic layer was dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (heptane/ethyl acetate gradient, 0 to 30% ethyl acetate), obtaining the title compound (0.040 g, 24%) as a white solid.

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