Ammonia → 5-[(4-Ethyl-1-piperazinyl)methyl]-2-pyridinamine

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Add liquid ammonia (50.0 kg) to a degassed mixture of 1-(6-bromo-pyridin-3-ylmethyl)-4-ethyl-piperazine (14.2 kg), cuprous oxide (200 g), and MeOH (57 kg) at T≦40° C. Heat the mixture at 65-75° C. overnight. Cool to 20-30° C. and filter over a Celite® pad. Concentrate the filtrate and add DCM (113 kg) and adjust the pH to 12-14 with sodium hydroxide 2N (23 kg) separate the phases and wash the organic phase with DCM (58×2 kg) and combine the organic layers. Filter the mixture through Celite® and concentrate. Dissolve the residue in toluene (9.7 kg) and crystallize by the addition of MtBE (8.3 kg) to give 6.0 kg of the title compound. Obtain further purification through a toluene recrystallization. MS (ES+): m/z=221 (M+H)+.

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