Dimethylformamide → HCID 59750207, compound

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Sodium hydride (60% in oil, 0.40 g, 10.1 mmol) was added to a mixture of 1-(4-pyridyl)-2-imidazolidinone (1.5 g, 9.2 mmol) and DMF (20 ml) at 0° C., and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 30 minutes. Successively, tert-butyl bromoacetate (2.2 g, 11.2 mmol) was added to the mixture, and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hrs. The reaction mixture was combined with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated brine and dried over magnesium sulfate. The solvent was evaporated, and the residue was subjected to a silica gel column chromatography. The fractions eluted with ethyl acetate-methanol (5:1, v/v) were collected, concentrated and recrystallized from tetrahydrofuran-hexane to give the titled compound (1.7 g, 68%) as white crystals.

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