Hydrochloric Acid → N-(4-aminomethyl-benzyl)-5-fluoro-2-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-nicotinamide hydrochloride

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[4-({[5-Fluoro-2-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-pyridine-3-carbonyl]-amino}-methyl)-benzyl]-carbamic acid tert-butyl ester (1.62 g, 3.44 mmol) (see Preparation 5) was dissolved in a 2.25 M solution of hydrochloric acid in methanol (100 ml) and the mixture stirred at room temperature under an atmosphere of nitrogen for 4 hours before removing the solvent in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in water (50 ml), the pH adjusted to pH higher than 8 by addition of sodium hydrogen carbonate and extracted with dichloromethane (3-fold 50 ml). The combined organic extracts were dried over anhydrous magnesium sulphate and concentrated in vacuo to give N-(4-aminomethyl-benzyl)-5-fluoro-2-(4-fluoro-phenoxy)-nicotinamide hydrochloride (1.25 mg) as a gum.

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