Toluene → 3,6-dimethyl-N-(2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-7-yl)picolinamide

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To a white suspension of 2-phenyl-imidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-7-ylamine (example 1, step 1, 80 mg, 0.38 mmole) in dioxane (3 ml) is added at RT trimethyl aluminium sol. 2M in toluene (0.8 ml, 1.52 mmole, 4 eq.). The mixture is stirred for 45 min at RT. A solution of 3,6-dimethyl-pyridine-2-carboxylic acid methyl ester (63 mg, 0.38 mmole, 1 eq.) in dioxane (0.4 ml) is then added and the light brown solution is refluxed overnight. The brown solution is loaded on 2 g silica and purified by chromatography on a 12 g RediSep silica cartridge (eluent heptane/ethyl acetate 30-70% 15 min) affording 3,6-dimethyl-N-(2-phenylimidazo[1,2-a]pyrimidin-7-yl)picolinamide (57 mg, 43.6%) as a white solid. MS (m/e)=344.2 [M+H+].

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