N-Methyl-3-pyridinamine → 3-(2,2-dipyridin-3-ylethyl)-N-methyl-N-pyridin-3-ylpyridin-2-amine

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To a solution of 2-chloro-3-(2,2-dipyridin-3-ylethyl)pyridine (1.54 g) and 3-(methylamino)pyridine (732 mg) in 30 mL toluene were added tris(dibenzylideneacetone)-dipalladium(0) (119 mg), 1,1-bis(diphenylphosphino)ferrocene (144 mg), and sodium tert-butoxide (651 mg). The reaction was heated at 100 C under a stream of Ar for 5 h. The reaction was cooled to room temp, then partitioned between saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and CH2Cl2. The aqueous solution was extracted with CH2Cl2 (3×), and the combined organic solutions were dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. Flash chromatography gave a dark semi-solid which was purified again by reverse phase HPLC to provide 727 mg of 3-(2,2-dipyridin-3-ylethyl)-N-methyl-N-pyridin-3-ylpyridin-2-amine. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.44 (m, 2H), 8.35-8.34 (m, 3H), 8.15 (d, J=4.2 Hz, 1H), 8.04 (d, J=2.2 Hz, 1H), 7.42 (dd, J=7.6, 1.7 Hz, 1H), 7.36-7.34 (m, 2H), 7.19-7.12 (m, 3H), 7.03 (dd, J=7.6, 4.9 Hz), 6.96-6.94 (m, 1H), 4.26 (t, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 3.25 (s, 3H), 3.16 (d, J=7.8 Hz, 2H).

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