Sodium borohydride → [4-(Aminomethyl)phenyl]-n-{2-[n-(5-chloro(2-pyridyl))carbamoyl]phenyl}carboxamide

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A mixture of N-{2-[N-(5-chloro(2-pyridyl))carbamoyl]phenyl}(4-cyanophenyl)carboxamide (1 g, 2.6 mmol, 1.0 equiv.), cobalt chloride (0.5 g, 3.85 mmol, 1.5 equiv.) and sodium borohydride (0.295 g, 7.8 mmol, 3.0 equiv.) in DMF (20 mL) was stirred at 0° C. to rt for 2.5 hr. The reaction was quenched with ice cubes, diluted with ethyl acetate (100 mL) and filtered through celite. The filtrate was washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3. The organic layer was dried over MgSO4, filtered, evaporated and HPLC (C18 reversed phase) eluting with 0.1% TFA in H2O/CH3CN gave [4-(aminomethyl)phenyl]-N-{2-[N-(5-chloro(2-pyridyl))carbamoyl]phenyl}carboxamide (320 mg, 30%). MS found for C20H17C1N4O2 (M+H)+: 381.

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