N,N-Dimethylpropargylamine → N,N-dimethyl-3-(6-methyl-5-nitropyridin-3-yl)prop-2-yn-1-amine

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To a mixture of 5-bromo-2-methyl-3-nitropyridine (6.50 g, 30.0 mmol), copper iodide (280 mg, 1.5 mmol) and bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II) chloride (520 mg, 0.75 mmol) in diethylamine (17 mL) was added propargyl(dimethylamine) (4.04 mL, 37.5 mmol). The reaction mixture was allowed to stir for 15 h at rt. The resulting mixture was diluted with EtOAc (200 mL) and 1M aqueous Na2CO3 (150 mL). After stirring for 30 min, the organic solution was separated and the aqueous solution was extracted with EtOAc (2×100 mL). The organic solutions were combined, washed with water and brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated. The residue was purified by column chromatography to give N,N-dimethyl-3-(6-methyl-5-nitropyridin-3-yl)prop-2-yn-1-amine (5.98 g, 91%) as a dark oil. LCMS (FA): Rt=0.77 min, m/z=220.1 (M+H).

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