Triethylamine → 2-[3-[3-[(E)-3-(2-pyridyl)acryloylamino]phenyl]phenylamino]-3-nitropyridine

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To an ice cooled suspension of 3-(2-pyridyl)acrylic acid (1.07 g) in dry methylene chloride (80 ml) was added triethylamine (1.46 g) and pivaloyl chloride (0.87 g) and the mixture was stirred for 2 hours. After the clear reaction mixture was obtained, 2-[3-(3-aminophenyl)phenylamino]-3-nitropyridine (2.0 g) was added thereto and stirred under reflux overnight. The reaction was chromatographed on silica gel (chloroform-methanol 50:1 as an eluent) to give 2-[3-[3-[(E)-3-(2-pyridyl)acryloylamino]phenyl]phenylamino]-3-nitropyridine as an orange crystal (2.85 g).

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