Benzylamine → HCID 14390312, compound

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A suspension of 2-(4-trifluoromethylphenyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-3-acetic acid (3.21 g, 0.010 mole), 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazole (1.62 g, 0.010 mole), and anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (75 ml) was stirred at room temperature with a stream of nitrogen bubbling through for 3 hours. The nitrogen flow was stopped and a solution of benzylamine (1.39 g, 0.013 mole) in dry tetrahydrofuran (25 ml) was added. The solution was stirred at room temperature under nitrogen for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo and the residue triturated in potassium bicarbonate solution (50 ml) and filtered. The filter cake was washed with water and recrystallized from isopropyl alcohol-isopropyl ether, giving 2.8 g (68%). Recrystallization from isopropyl alcohol-isopropyl ether gave 2.3 g of white flakes, mp 224°-225° C.

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