Dimethyl Sulfate → 2-[Bis(cyclopropylmethyl)amino]-6-fluoropyridine-3-carbaldehyde

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To sodium hydroxide (33.6 mg, 0.8 mmol) stirred in water (2 mL) was added (3-{[(3,5-bis-trifluoromethyl-benzyl)-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)-amino]-methyl}-6-fluoro-pyridine-2-yl)-bis-cyclopropylmethyl-amine (222 mg, 0.4 mmol) in dichloromethane (5 mL). After stirring for 15 minutes, dimethyl sulfate (0.05 mL, 0.44 mmol) and tetrabutylammonium bromide (7.5 mg, 0.0176 mmol) was added and the solution was left to stir at room temperature for 1 hour. The solution was extracted with dichloromethane (2×15 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with water and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and then concentrated under vacuum to give an orange oily product. Purification by silica gel chromatography and eluting with 30% ethyl acetate in hexanes afforded the title compound as an orange oil (124.6 mg, yield: 56%).

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