Sodium borohydride → HCID 57742987, compound

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Reaction Steps

Methyl 6-bromo-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine-7-carboxylate x210 (1.2 g, 3.19 mmol) is dissolved in absolute ethanol. NaBH4 (0.36 g, 3 eq, 9.57 mmol) is added at 5° C. under stirring. The cooling bath is removed after 4 h, and the reaction mixture is allowed to heat up to room temperature. The stirring is continued at this temperature for 20 h. The reaction mixture is evaporated in the vacuum of a rotary evaporator at 35° C., and the residue is partitioned in ethyl acetate/saturated aqueous NaHCO3 mixture. The organic layer is dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate and evaporated. The crude product is purified by chromatography on silicagel (dichloromethane/methanol) to afford 0.72 g of [6-bromo-3-(4-methoxybenzyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-7-yl]methanol x211.

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