Formaldehyde → 2-(4-(2-(2-((4-(1-Methylpiperidin-4-yl)phenyl)amino)-5-(trifluoro-methyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-5-yl)acetamide

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To a suspension of 2-(4-(2-(2-((4-(piperidin-4-yl)phenyl)amino)-5-(trifluoromethyl)pyrimidin-4-yl)ethyl)pyrimidin-5-yl)acetamide (29) (0.029 g, 0.060 mmol) in anhydrous methanol (2 mL) was added a 37% aq. solution of formaldehyde (0.018 mL, 0.24 mmol) under an atmosphere of nitrogen, followed by sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.063 g, 0.30 mmol). The reaction was stirred at room temperature for 2.5 hours. The volatiles were removed in vacuo and the residue was diluted with EtOAc (50 mL) and sat. aq. NaHCO3 (30 mL). The layers were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with EtOAc (2×30 mL), the combined organic layers were washed with water (40 mL), brine (40 mL), dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a solid which was taken up in DCM (˜10 mL) and methanol (˜1 mL) and concentrated in vacuo. The process was repeated with only DCM twice. The resulting off-white solid was suspended in DCM (5 mL) and cyclohexane was added (˜10 mL). The suspension was sonicated and the product was collected by filtration. The solid was washed with petroleum benzine 40-60° C. (5×10 mL), air-dried and subsequently dried under high-vacuum to give the title compound (30) (0.017 g, 57% yield) as an off-white solid; 1H NMR (400 MHz, d6-DMSO) δ 10.01 (s, 1H), 8.94 (s, 1H), 8.63 (s, 1H), 8.53 (s, 1H), 7.64 (s, 1H), 7.54 (d, J=8.0 Hz, 2H), 7.15 (d, J=8.5 Hz, 2H), 7.11 (s, 1H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.28-3.22 (m, 4H), 2.87 (d, J=11.2 Hz, 2H), 2.46-2.36 (m, 1H), 2.20 (s, 3H), 1.98 (t, J=10.6 Hz, 2H), 1.76-1.58 (m, 4H). LCMS Method C: rt 4.52 min; m/z 500.1 [M+H]+.

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