Dimethylamine → 1-(4-(7-Chlorothieno[3,2-b]pyridin-2-yl)-1-ethyl-1H-imidazol-2-yl)-N,N-dimethylmethanamine

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A mixture of the aldehyde 111 (344 mg, 1.18 mmol) and dimethylamine (0.7 mL, 1.41 mmol) in methanol (24 mL) and acetic acid (few drops) were stirred at RT overnight. Sodium cyanoborohydride (237 mg, 3.77 mmol) was added and the reaction mixture was allowed to stir at room temperature until completion of the reaction. The solvents were evaporated and water was added to the residue and the mixture was extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and evaporated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (eluent: 2.5% MeOH/97.5% DCM to 10% MeOH/90% DCM) to afford title compound 112 as a yellow solid (129 mg, 34% yield). MS (m/z): 321.1 (M+H).

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