Acetic Acid → methyl 5-bromo-3-(isobutyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)amino)-2-methylbenzoate

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To a stirred solution of methyl 5-bromo-2-methyl-3-((tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)amino)benzoate (1 g, 3.04 mmol) and isobutyraldehyde (1.09 g, 15.24 mmol) in methanol (15 mL), acetic acid (0.456 g, 7.6 mmol) was added. The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 8 h. Sodium cyanoborohydride (0.522 g, 7.56 mmol) was then added at 0° C. and the reaction mixture stirred overnight at room temperature. The solvent was then removed under reduced pressure and crude product purified by column chromatography to afford methyl 5-bromo-3-(isobutyl(tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl)amino)-2-methylbenzoate (0.52 g, 54.33%).

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