2-Aminopyridine → 2-(4-chloro-3-nitro-phenyl)-3-cyclopentyl-N-pyridin-2-yl-propionamide

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A solution of triphenylphosphine (105 mg, 0.403 mmol) in methylene chloride (1 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and then slowly treated with N-bromosuccinimide (72 mg, 0.403 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 20 min and then treated with 2-(4-chloro-3-nitro-phenyl)-3-cyclopentyl-propionic acid (100 mg, 0.336 mmol). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 10 min and then allowed to warm to 25° C., where it was stirred for 20 min. The reaction mixture was then treated with 2-aminopyridine (70 mg, 0.739 mmol). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 15 h. The crude reaction mixture was treated with a solution of hexanes/ethyl acetate (2 mL, 3:1) and then directly purified by flash chromatography (Merck Silica gel 60, 230-400 mesh, 3/1 hexanes/ethyl acetate). The pure 2-(4-chloro-3-nitro-phenyl)-3-cyclopentyl-N-pyridin-2-yl-propionamide (60 mg, 48%) was obtained as a pale yellow foam: mp 48-52° C. (foam to gel); EI-HRMS m/e calcd for C19H20ClN3O3 (M+) 373.1193, found 373.1185.

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