Acetic Acid → 1-(5-chloropyrimidin-2-yl)-N-cyclopropylpiperidin-4-amine

Participants

Reaction Steps

1-(5-Chloropyrimidin-2-yl)piperidin-4-one (1.5 g) is dissolved in anhydrous dichloromethane (25 mL) and cyclopropylamine (0.42 g) is added followed by glacial acetic acid (0.80 mL). Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.8 g) is then added in one portion under nitrogen and the resulting mixture stirred at r.t. for 17 h. The mixture is diluted with dichloroemthane (25 mL) and extracted with 3 M HCl (75 mL and 50 mL). The combined HCI layers are cooled on ice and 4 M NaOH (100 mL) is added in portions until the mixture is strongly basic (pH ˜14). The mixture is then extracted with dichloroemthane (150 mL and 100 mL) and the combined dichloromethane layers are dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to yield the title compound. LC (method 21): tR=2.57 min; Mass spectrum (APCI): m/z=253 [M+H]+.

Provenance & Evidence