Stannous chloride dihydrate → 6-(4-chloro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridin-3-amine

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A vial was charged with 2-(4-chloro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)-5-nitropyridine (675 mg, 3.01 mmol), tin(II) chloride dihydrate (2.03 g, 9.02 mmol), and methanol (10 mL). The vial was sealed and heated to 90° C. and stirred for 16 hours. The reaction was cooled to room temperature and concentrated. The residue was taken up in water (20 mL) and neutralized with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate (3×50 mL) and the combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. Purification by flash column chromatography gave 6-(4-chloro-1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridin-3-amine (380 mg, 65%) as a light yellow solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD, δ): 8.20 (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.89 (d, J=2.4 Hz, 1H), 7.68 (d, J=1.6 Hz, 1H), 7.38 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 7.21 (dd, J=8.8, 2.8 Hz, 1H).

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