Ammonium Chloride → HCID 21959409, compound

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4-(2-tert-Butyl-5-nitrophenyl)-1-methylpyridinium (2.1 g, 7.8 mmol, Step C) was added to a 100 mL round-bottom flask and dissolved in a 10% H2O/EtOH mixture. To the flask iron dust (1.31 g, 23.4 mmol, 3 eq) and NH4Cl (460 mg, 8.6 mmol, 1.1 eq) were added. The flask was placed in a 100° C. sand bath and heated to reflux. After 2 h, the solution was cooled to RT and filtered through a pad of Celite®. The resulting solution was stripped down to a yellow solid and redissolved in MeOH (20 mL, anhydrous). The solution was cooled to 0° C. by placing it in an ice bath and slowly adding NaBH4 (450 mg, 11.7 mmol, 1.5 eq). After addition of the NaBH4, the solution was cooled to RT and stirred for 30 min. The solvent was stripped-off under vacuum and the solid was redissolved in CH2Cl2 and filtered. The solution was stripped-off under vacuum to afford of an amorphous clear yellow solid. MS (ES+): 245.2 (M+H)+. Calc'd for C16H24N2: 244.2.

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