Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → 2-(5-ethynyl-3-pyridyloxy)-N-(4-methylpent-2-yn-4-yl)butyramide

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The product from Stage 1 (0.4 g) was dissolved in dichloromethane (10 ml) with stirring and a solution of tetra n-butylammonium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran (1.4 ml, 1M) was added. The mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 2 hours then stored for 18 hours. Further dichloromethane was added and the organic phase was washed with water (twice), dried over magnesium sulphate and evaporated under reduced pressure to give a gum that was fractionated by chromatography (silica; diethyl ether/hexane, 2:1 by volume) to give the required product, 0.21 g, as a pale brown oil.

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