N-(4-((5-chloro-6-cyanopyridin-3-yl)ethynyl)phenyl)acetamide → N-(4-(2-(5-chloro-6-cyanopyridin-3-yl)ethyl)phenyl)acetamide

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To a solution of N-(4-((5-chloro-6-cyanopyridin-3-yl)ethynyl)phenyl)acetamide (from the previous step) in ethyl acetate/methanol (1:4, 0.05 M) was added 10% wt palladium on carbon (0.2 eq.). Hydrogen gas was introduced via a balloon, and the reaction was stirred for 3 hours. The mixture was filtered through a pad of celite, washing with dichloromethane. The filtrate was concentrated en vacuo and purified by a COMBIFLASH® system (ISCO) using 0-80% ethyl acetate in hexane to give N-(4-(2-(5-chloro-6-cyanopyridin-3-yl)ethyl)phenyl)acetamide.

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