Methylamine → N-methyl-4-(pyridin-2-yl)but-3-yn-1-amine

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4-(Pyridin-2-yl)but-3-ynyl methanesulfonate (2.90 g, 12.87 mmol) was dissolved in methylamine 40% in aqueous solution (20 mL) and stirred for 3 hours under nitrogen at 45° C. The reaction mixture was cooled with ice, quenched with water and extracted with DCM. The organic phases were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated. The crude residue was purified over silicagel chromatography (prepacked 70 g silicagel column, DCM/MeOH: from 90/10 to 90/10 with 1% of TEA as eluent) to afford 817 mg N-methyl-4-(pyridin-2-yl)but-3-yn-1-amine (Yield: 39%) as a brown oil

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