Methylamine → Methyl-thieno[3,2-c]pyridin-2-ylmethyl-amine

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A solution of thieno[3,2-c]pyridine-2-carbaldehyde (720 mg, 4.41 mmol) in a 2.0 M solution of methylamine in methanol (25 mL) was stirred at room temperature for S hours. After this time, the mixture was concentrated to dryness, dissolved in anhydrous methanol (10 mL) then cooled to 0° C. To this solution was added NaBH4 (167 mg, 4.41 mmol) in one portion. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred at this temperature overnight. The mixture was concentrated, dissolved in CH2Cl2 (100 mL) and treated with 1.0 N NaOH (20 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×20 mL). The combined organic fractions were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 then concentrated to give a yellow residue which was subjected to flash chromatography on silica gel (10% 2M NH3 in MeOH:CH2Cl2). The title compound was obtained as a white solid in 63.6% yield: 1H-NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 9.01 (s, 1H), 8.45 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 7.76 (d, J=5.5 Hz, 1H), 7.29 (s, 1H), 4.10 (s, 2H), 2.54 (s, 3H); MS (ES) m/e 179 (M+H)+.

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