Tetrabutylammonium Fluoride → 2-Chloro-4-[[(3R,4R)-4-hydroxytetrahydrofuran-3-yl]amino]-3-methyl-benzonitrile

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The title compound is prepared by essentially following the procedure as described in Example 1 using (3R,4R)-4-(tert-butyl(dimethyl)silyl)oxytetrahydrofuran-3-amine (Preparation 36) and 2-chloro-4-fluoro-3-methyl-benzonitrile. The crude product is purified on silica gel using 40-70% EtOAc/hexanes. The isolated product is dissolved in THF to make a 0.5 M solution. TBAF (2.0 mL, 2 mmol, 1 M solution in THF) is added and stirred at room temperature for 16 h. The solution is concentrated in vacuo, EtOAc is added, and the solution is washed with water (2×). The organic portion is dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated. The residue is purified by reverse phase chromatography on silica-bound C18 using 15-95% acetonitrile/water+0.1% formic acid. Fractions containing the title compound are concentrated in vacuo to remove acetonitrile, then extracted with EtOAc. The organics are dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give the title compound as a white solid (134 mg, 19%). 1H-NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 7.53 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H), 6.73 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 5.60-5.56 (m, 1H), 5.53 (d, J=4.9 Hz, 1H), 4.33-4.29 (m, 1H), 4.05-3.99 (m, 2H), 3.92 (dd, J=4.6, 9.6 Hz, 1H), 3.63 (dd, J=2.4, 9.5 Hz, 1H), 3.53-3.50 (m, 1H), 2.19 (s, 3H). LC-ES/MS m/z 253 (M+1).

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