4-(2,2-Difluoropropoxyl)pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile → C-[4-(2,2-Difluoro-propoxy)-pyrimidin-5-yl]-methylamine

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To a solution of 4-(2,2-difluoropropoxyl)pyrimidine-5-carbonitrile (1.7 g, 8.54 mmol) in THF (30 mL) was added Raney nickel (500 mg, crude). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight under hydrogen atmosphere. The reaction was filtered and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to give the crude product, which was purified by silica gel column chromatography (5% MeOH in DCM) to afford the title compound (650 mg, 3.20 mmol, 37% yield) as a yellow solid. MS (ESI) m/z 204.1 [M+H]+.

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