Reaction Steps
A 10-mL microwave vial was charged with 4-chloro-2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridine (0.100 g, 0.38 mmol), 2-(4-aminobenzyl)-2-methylmalonamide (0.167 g, 0.75 mmol) and 4M HCl in dioxane (0.095 mL, 0.38 mmol) in NMP (4 mL). The resulting mixture was heated at 150° C. under microwave irradiation for 8 h. After this time, the reaction mixture was cooled, diluted with water (20 mL) and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate (20 mL) affording a solid. The solid was isolated by filtration and chromatography on silica using dichloromethane/methanol (10:0 to 9:1) as eluent to afford 2-(4-((2-(3-chlorophenyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridin-4-yl)amino)benzyl)-2-methylmalonamide (0.12 g, 72%) as an off-white solid. MW=448.94. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz) δ 8.10 (s, 1H), 7.92-7.89 (m, 1H), 7.74 (dt, J=6.6, 2.1 Hz, 1H), 7.48-7.39 (m, 2H), 7.23 (s, 2H), 7.20-7.10 (m, 7H), 3.05 (s, 2H), 2.91 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 2H), 2.81 (t, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 2.08 (quin, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 1.14 (s, 3H). Treatment with 1.25M HCl in methanol (0.44 mL, 0.55 mmol) afforded the title compound (0.11 g, 84%) as an off-white solid. MW=485.41. M.p. 162-165° C. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 500 MHz) δ 14.01 (br s, 1H), 9.17 (s, 1H), 7.89 (t, J=2.0 Hz, 1H), 7.00 (dt, J=4.5, 1.5 Hz, 1H), 7.60-7.52 (m, 2H), 7.28-7.20 (m, 6H), 7.15 (s, 2H), 7.05 (s, 1H), 3.10 (s, 2H), 3.06 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.87 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.18 (quin, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 1.15 (s, 3H); APCI MS m/z 449 [M+H]+.
