Acetic Acid → N-[(1R)-1-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)propyl]cyclopentanamine

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(1R)-1-(1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl)propan-1-amine (610 mg, 4.798 mmol) in THF (6.972 mL) was treated with cyclopentanone (407.6 mg, 428.6 μL, 4.846 mmol) then acetic acid (288.1 mg, 272.8 μL, 4.798 mmol). The reaction was stirred at ambient temperature for 20 minutes then treated with sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.485 g, 7.005 mmol). The reaction was stirred at ambient temperature for 5 hours then basified with aqueous NaHCO3. The mixture was extracted with DCM (×10), dried over MgSO4 and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by column chromatography (50% EtOAc/petrol) to give the sub-title compound as a colourless solid (694 mg, 74%); 1H NMR (400.0 MHz, CDCl3) d 0.81 (3H, t), 1.10-1.87 (10H, m), 2.85 (1H, m), 3.95 (1H, t), 8.33 (1H, s); MS ES (+) 196.

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