Borane;tetrahydrofuran → HCID 68973173, compound

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of (R)-N-[1-(2-cyano-1-methyl-ethyl)-piperidin-4-yl]-4-methyl-N-phenyl-nicotinamide (3.85 g, 10.62 mmol) in THF (150 mL) was added a solution of borane-THF in THF (1.0 M, 63.72 mL, 63.7 mmol) and the reaction was refluxed for 16 h. The reaction was cooled and carefully quenched with 6N HCl (150 mL) and heated to 65° C. for 2 h. The mixture was cooled and concentrated to remove the THF. The remaining aqueous solution was neutralized to pH>12 with 10N NaOH and diluted with CH2Cl2 (100 mL). The two phases were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with CH2Cl2 (4×100 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (Na2SO4) and purified by column chromatography on silica gel (83:15:2, CH2C2/MeOH/NH4OH) to give [1-((R)-3-amino-1-methyl-propyl)-piperidin-4-yl]-(4-methyl-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-phenyl-amine as a yellow oil (2.97 g, 79%). 1H-NMR (CDCl3) δ 0.97 (d, 3H, J=6 Hz), 1.43 (m, 4H), 1.64 (m, 4H), 1.90 (m, 2H), 2.26 (dt, 1H, J=2 Hz, 11 Hz), 2.34 (s, 3H), 2.45 (dt, 1H, J=2 Hz, 11 Hz), 2.77 (m, 5H), 3.76 (m, 1H), 4.39 (s, 2H), 6.65 (m, 2H), 6.71 (m, 1H), 7.07 (d, 1H, J=5 Hz), 7.17 (m, 2H), 8.36 (d, 1H, J=5 Hz), 8.38 (s, 1H).

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