1-Amino-3-(benzyloxy)propan-2-ol → 5-{4-[2-(3-Benzyloxy-2-hydroxypropylamino)propoxy]benzyl}thiazolidine-2,4-dione

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A procedure similar to that described in Example 2 was repeated, except that 545 mg of 3-benzyloxy-2-hydroxypropylamine (prepared as described in Preparation 48), 700 mg of 5-[4-(2-oxopropoxy)benzyl]thiazolidine-2,4-dione, 470 mg of sodium cyanoborohydride and 60 ml of anhydrous methanol were used. The resulting crude product was applied to a silica gel chromatography column, and eluted using a gradient elution method, with mixtures of ethyl acetate and ethanol in ratios ranging from 10:1 to 5:1 by volume as the eluent. The resulting product was further purified by reverse phase preparative high performance liquid chromatography [YMC-Pack ODS-A (trade name, manufactured by YMC Co.), using a 50:50:1:1 by volume mixture of acetonitrile, water, acetic acid and triethylamine as the eluent], to give 130 mg of the title compound as a pale yellow glassy solid having an Rf value of 0.16 (on silica gel thin layer chromatography, using a 10:1 by volume mixture of ethyl acetate and ethanol as the developing solvent).

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