2-Methylbenzaldehyde → [4-(5-Ethyl-3-pyridin-3-yl-pyrazol-1-yl)phenyl]-(2-methylbenzyl)amine

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Reaction Steps

To a stirred solution of 1-(4-aminophenyl)-3-(3-pyridyl)-5-ethylpyrazole (300 mg, 1.14 mmol) and o-tolualdehyde (260 mg, 2.25 mmol) in 5% HOAc/MeOH (6 mL) at room temperature under argon, sodium cyanoborohydride (200 mg, 3.18 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 4 h and then concentrated, diluted with water, extracted into ethyl acetate, washed with brine. The residue obtained on concentration was chromatographed on silica gel (eluant, gradient of 25-50% EtOAc in hexane) to provide the title compound as an oil that solidified on trituration with ether/petroleum ether (97 mg, 23%), m.p. 117-9° C. NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz): 9.1 (s, 1H); 8.5 (br, 1H); 8.1 (br, 1H); 7.4-7.2 (overlapping m, 7H), 6.7 (d,2H), 6.5 (s, 1H), 4.4 (s, 2H), 4.1 (br, 1H), 2.7 (q, 2H), 2.4 (s, 3H), 1.3 (t, 3H).

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