1H-Benzotriazole-1-methanol → 5-(2-(Methylamino)pyridin-4-yloxy)indole-1-carboxylic acid methylamide

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N1-Methyl-5-(2-aminopyridin-4-yl)oxy-1H-1-indolecarboxamide (5.00 g, 17.7 mmol, Production example 5-1) was dissolved in ethanol (170 ml) and N,N-dimethylformamide (40 ml); 1H-benzotriazole-1-methanol (2.64 g, 17.7 mmol) was added thereto; and the reaction mixture was heated to reflux for 2 hours. After allowing to be cooled to room temperature, sodium borohydride (1.49 g, 35.4 mmol) was added to the reaction mixture; the reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction mixture was partitioned between ethyl acetate and water; and the organic layer was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by silica gel column chromatography (Fuji Silysia BW-300, hexane-ethyl acetate-methanol system). The obtained crystals were suspended in acetone:diethyl ether=1:3, filtered off, washed with hexane, and dried to yield the title compound (1.05 g, 3.55 mmol, 20.1%) as pale yellow crystals.

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