Dimethylamine → HCID 14390408, compound

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A solution of (R)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-α-methyl-3H-imidazo [4,5-b]pyridine-3-acetic acid (5.0 g, 0.0166 mole), 1,1'-carbonyldiimidazole (2.69 g, 0.0166 mole) and dry tetrahydrofuran (100 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 2.25 hours with a stream of nitrogen bubbling through it. A solution of dimethylamine in tetrahydrofuran (22 ml of a 2.29M solution, 0.050 mole) was added and the reaction mixture was heated at 45° C. for two days under nitrogen. The solvents were removed under reduced pressure and the residue was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate layer was washed twice with water, twice with a 5% potassium hydroxide solution and twice again with water. It was then dried over magnesium sulfate, charcoaled, filtered, and evaporated to a residue which was dissolved in hot isopropyl ether, filtered, and cooled to room temperature. The resulting solid was collected by filtration and dried under high vacuum at 50° C. to give 2.61 g (48%) of title compound, mp 124°-127° C.

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