Benzyl Alcohol → N-{4-[2-Amino-6-(benzyloxy)-3,5-dicyano-4-pyridinyl]phenyl}acetamide

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58 mg (0.15 mmol) of N-{4-[2-amino-3,5-dicyano-6-(phenylsulfanyl)-4-pyridinyl]phenyl}acetamide [prepared analogously to Kambe et al., Synthesis, 531-533 (1981)] are, together with 41 mg (0.3 mmol) of potassium carbonate, dissolved/suspended in 1.88 g (=1.8 ml, 17.4 mmol) of benzyl alcohol, and the mixture is stirred at 100° C. for 3.5 h. The benzyl alcohol is evaporated under reduced pressure and the evaporation residue is purified by preparative HPLC on reversed-phase silica gel (gradient: water/acetonitrile 90:1010:90 in 38 minutes).

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