Dimethylformamide → HCID 58236672, compound

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To a stirred DMF solution (25 mL) containing N-(2-hydroxyethyl)pyrrolidine (2.18 g, 18.9 mmol) under N2 was added 60% NaH in mineral oil (0.76 g, 18.9 mmol). The mixture was stirred for 1 hr while gas evolution ceased. Subsequently 2-chloro-5-nitropyridine (2.0 g, 12.6 mmol) was added. After stirring overnight, the dark solution was poured into H2O (100 mL) and extracted 3× with EtOAc. The combined organic layers were washed 2× with H2O prior to drying over Na2SO4. Concentration under vacuum yielded an orange oil which was chromatographed on silica gel employing ˜10% MeOH/CH2Cl2 to elute 1.62 g of 5-nitro-2-(pyrrolidin-1-yl)-ethoxy)pyridine (54%). The above product reduced to the corresponding substituted aminopyridine by hydrogenation in an EtOH solution (20 mL) containing 10% Pd/C (0.1 g) under 60 psi of H2 for 4 hr. Upon completion the reaction was filtered prior to concentration under vacuum. The resulting dark oil was chromatographed on silica. Gradient elution (CH2CL2 to 20% MeOH/CH2Cl2) eluted 1.03 g of the title compound as a broad peak.

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