Reaction Steps
A 20-mL vial was charged with tert-butyl 2-(4-((4-(2-ethoxy-2-oxoethyl)phenyl)amino)-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridin-2-yl)-1H-pyrrole-1-carboxylate (0.110 g, 0.24 mmol, 1.0) and methanol (3 mL). To this solution was added NH3 (6.8 mL, 7N in methanol, 476 mmol). The vial was sealed and the resulting mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 65 h. After this time, the crude reaction solution was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was adsorbed onto silica then purified by chromatography on silica using dichloromethane/(90:10:0.25 dichloromethane/methanol/aq. NH4OH) (10:0 to 0:10) as eluent followed by preparative HPLC (water/acetonitrile with 0.05% TFA) to afford 2-(4-((2-(1H-pyrrol-2-yl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[b]pyridin-4-yl)amino)phenyl)acetamide (0.030 g, 38%) as a brown solid. MW=332.40. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 500 MHz) δ 11.16 (br s, 1H), 7.93 (br s, 1H), 7.42 (br s, 1H), 7.26-7.22 (m, 2H), 7.17-7.13 (m, 2H), 7.03 (s, 1H), 6.85 (s, 1H), 6.74-6.71 (m, 1H), 6.39 (s, 1H), 6.05-6.20 (m, 1H), 3.34 (s, 2H), 2.86 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.78 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.05 (quin, J=7.5 Hz, 2H). MS: ESI, m/z 333 [M+H]+. Treatment with 1.25M HCl in methanol afforded the title compound (0.035 g, 100%) as an off-white solid. MW=368.86. M.p. 163-165° C. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 500 MHz) δ 13.43 (br s, 1H), 12.06 (br s, 1H), 9.46 (br s, 1H), 7.52 (br s, 1H), 7.40-7.36 (m, 2H), 7.32-7.28 (m, 2H), 7.12-7.09 (m, 1H), 7.08 (s, 1H), 7.06-7.03 (m, 1H), 6.92 (br s, 1H), 6.29-6.25 (m, 1H), 3.43 (s, 2H), 3.11 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.87 (t, J=7.5 Hz, 2H), 2.20 (quin, J=7.5 Hz, 2H); APCI MS m/z 333 [M+H]+.
