Diisopropylethylamine → 2-[4-(3-cyano-2-pyridinyl)-1-piperazinyl]-N-(3-nitrophenyl)acetamide

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2-(1-Piperazinyl)-3-pyridinecarbonitrile (640 mg, 3.40 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethylamine (1.0 mL) in toluene (15 mL) at room temperature were treated with N-chloroacetyl-3-nitroaniline (Lancaster, 610 mg, 2.84 mmol) and the reaction was heated at 90° C. for 18 hours. The mixture was allowed to cool to room temperature, transferred to a separatory funnel and washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate. The organic phase was dried (Na2SO4), filtered, and the filtrate concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel (elution with 85% hexanes:ethyl acetate) to provide 256 mg (25% yield) of the title compound as a light tan solid. mp 143-145° C.; 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ 2.69 (m, 4H), 3.27 (s, 2H), 3.70 (m, 4H), 6.93 (dd, 1H, J=7.4, 5.0 Hz), 7.61 (dd, 1H, J=8.1, 8.1 Hz), 7.93 (br d, 1H, J=8.2 Hz), 8.06 (dd, 2H, J=7.8, 7.8 Hz), 8.42 (m, 1H), 8.70 (br s, 1H), 10.28 (br s, 1H); MS (DCI/NH3) m/e 367 (M+H)+; Anal. calcd for C18H18N6O3: C, 59.01; H, 4.95; N, 22.94. Found: C, 59.31; H, 5.25; N, 22.66.

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