3-Pentanamine → Dimethyl methylmalonate

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A mixture of methyl dimethylmalonate (260 mg) and 60% sodium hydride in oil (70 mg) in 4 ml of DMSO was stirred at room temperature for 10 min. A solution of 3-chloromethyl-6-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phenoxy)-pyridin-4-yl]-(1-ethyl-propyl)-amine (200 mg) in 2 ml of DMSO was added. The mixture was stirred at room temperature for 3 hours. The mixture was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried and concentrated to give the crude material which was purified through silica gel using hexane to 10% ethyl acetate in hexane as eluent to give 137 mg of 2-[4-(1-ethyl-propylamino)-6-methyl-2-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phenoxy)-pyridin-3-yl]methyl]-2-methyl-malonic acid dimethyl ester as a white solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 6.83(s,2H), 6.01(s,1H), 5.00(m,1H), 3.70(s,6H), 3.40(s,2H), 3.25(m,1H), 2.27(s,3H), 2.12(s,3H), 2.05(s,6H), 1.5-1.7(m,4H), 1.48(s,3H), 0.94(t,6H)ppm.

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