Acetic Acid → N-(5-chloropyridin-2-yl)-5-iodo-2-[(1-isopropylpiperidin-4-ylcarbonyl)amino]benzamide

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To a stirring suspension of N-(5-chloropyridin-2-yl)-5-iodo-2-[(4-piperidinylcarbonyl)amino]benzamide trifluoroacetate (1.5 g, 2.52 mmol) in methanol (25 mL) was added acetone (25 mL), followed by acetic acid (0.6 mL, 10 mmol), and then sodium cyanoborohydride (0.67 g, 10 mmol). After stirring overnight, the solution was treated with saturated aqueous ammonium acetate solution, concentrated, and partitioned between dichloromethane and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic phase was washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The crude product was purified by chromatography over silica gel, eluting with a step gradient of 5–15% 2 M solution of ammonia/methanol in dichloromethane. The chromatography product was slurried in diethyl ether and filtered to give 0.87 g (65%) of a white solid.

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