2-(Oxan-4-yl)ethan-1-amine → Bevenopran

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Reaction Steps

Place 5-(4-Formyl-2-methoxyphenoxy)pyrazine-2-carboxamide (Example 719, Part A) (0.200 g, 0.732 mmol), 2-(tetrahydropyran-4-yl)ethylamine (0.0993 g, 0.769 mmol) and 3 Å molecular sieves in a vial. Add methanol (3.6 mL), cap and stir overnight. Add NaBH4 (ca. 3-5 eq in two portions) and stir until the gasses stop evolving. Load the reaction mixture directly onto a 25 g ISCO® C. pre-load column. Dry the column in a vacuum oven at room temperature. Purify by eluting through a 40 g ISCO® column 5% to 20% (2.0 M NH3 in methanol) in ethyl acetate. Concentrate the fractions containing the product. Take the solid up in ethyl acetate (50 mL) and wash with 1.0 N NaOH to give the title compound (0.168 g, 59.4%): TOF MS ES+ 387.2031 (M+H)+, HRMS calcd for C20H27N4O4 387.2032 (M+H)+, found 387.2031, time 0.52 min; HPLC [Waters XTerra™ C-18 (150×4.6 mm, S-5 microm), 0.1% TFA/acetonitrile in 0.1% TFA/water at 1.0 mL/min, 5-95% over 23 min], tR=8.7 min, 100% purity.

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