4-(5-Amino-6-(phenylmethyl)-2-pyrazinyl)phenol → 2-((3-Benzyl-5-(4-hydroxyphenyl)pyrazin-2-yl)amino)hexanoic acid

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4-(5-amino-6-benzylpyrazin-2-yl)phenol (200 mg, 0.72 mmol) was mixed with 2-Ketohexanoic acid sodium salt (220 mg, 1.44 mmol) in ethanol (20 mL). Pd/C (10% Palladium in active carbon, 100 mg) was added with a few drops of acetic acid, and the reaction mixture heated to 65° C. Air was bubbled out by N2 gas, and a hydrogen balloon applied to the reaction flask. The reaction was continuously stirred for 4 hrs. After cooling down, it was filtered and the resulting solution was purified by flash chromatography (eluting solvent: 50% EtOAc in heptanes) to give the product as a yellow powder (130 mg, 46%). MS (ESI): m/z 392.2 (M+1).

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