Ammonium formate → ethyl 6-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-ylamino)nicotinate

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To a mixture of ethyl 5-chloro-6-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-ylamino)nicotinate (395 mg) and ammonium formate (472 mg) in ethanol (10 mL) was added 10% palladium on carbon (40 mg), and the mixture was stirred at 100° C. for 10 hours. The catalyst in the reaction mixture was removed by filtration. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo. The residual solid was collected with hexane and ethyl acetate (2/1 v/v) to give ethyl 6-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-ylamino)nicotinate (104 mg). The mother liquid was concentrated in vacuo, and the residue was purified by preparative thin layer column chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate=2/1) to give ethyl 6-(2,3-dihydro-1H-inden-2-ylamino)nicotinate (209 mg) as a pale yellow solid.

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