Reaction Steps
Using General Procedure A: A solution of 3,3″-dimethyl-1′,2′,3′,4′,5′,6′-hexahydro-[2,2′;6′,2″]terpyridine (0.260 g, 0.98 mmol), 2-bromomethyl-5-cyano-benzoic acid methyl ester (0.360 g, 1.42 mmol), KI (37 mg, 0.22 mmol), and DIPEA (0.35 mL, 2.01 mmol) in DMF (5 mL) was heated at 60° C. for 17 hours. Purification of the crude material by column chromatography on silica gel (20:1:1 CH2Cl2—CH3OH—NH4OH) provided 415 mg (96%) of 5-cyano-2-(3,3″-dimethyl-3′,4′,5′,6′-tetrahydro-2′H-[2,2′;6′,2″]terpyridin-1′-ylmethyl)-benzoic acid methyl ester as a tan solid. To a cold (0° C.) solution of 5-Cyano-2-(3,3″-dimethyl-3′,4′,5′,6′-tetrahydro-2′H-[2,2′;6′,2″]terpyridin-1′-ylmethyl)-benzoic acid methyl ester (0.409 g, 0.937 mmol) in THF (4.5 mL) and MeOH (9 mL) was added LiBH4 (229 mg, 10.52 mmol) and the mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature overnight. The mixture was diluted with 1.0 N NaOH (10 mL) and extracted with CH2Cl2 (5×25 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. Purification of the crude material by column chromatography on silica gel (20:1:1 CH2Cl2—CH3OH—NH4OH) provided 0.332 g (87%) of COMPOUND 56 as a white foam. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.61-1.77 (m, 3H), 2.05-2.14 (m, 1H), 2.30-2.44 (m, 2H), 2.51 (s, 6H), 3.71 (s, 2H), 4.11 (d, 2H, J=10.8 Hz), 4.46 (s, 2H), 4.94 (br s, 1H), 6.87-6.96 (m, 4H), 7.22-7.27 (m, 3H), 8.21 (d, 2H, J=4.2 Hz). 13C NMR (CDCl3) δ 19.35, 25.70, 28.19, 51.31, 62.24, 67.36, 109.58, 119.48, 122.56, 129.25, 130.02, 132.00, 132.24, 138.53, 139.79, 145.29, 146.76, 159.25; ES-MS m/z 413 (M+H). Anal. Calcd. For C26H28N4O.1.0H2O2: C, 72.53; H, 7.02; N, 13.01. Found: C, 72.46; H, 6.73; N, 12.91.
