Water → 3-Amino-6-(3-methoxy-4-methylphenoxy)pyridine

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To a solution of 2-{[4-methyl-3-(methyloxy)phenyl]oxy}-5-nitropyridine (Reference Intermediate R3, 568 mg) in tetrahydrofuran (25 mL)/water (12.50 mL), iron (609 mg, 10.91 mmol) and then ammonium chloride (584 mg, 10.91 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was stirred for 8 hours at room temperature. The catalyst was filtered off and the solution was diluted with an aqueous saturated solution of Na2CO3 (5 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2 times 40 mL). Combined organic layers were dried over sodium sulphate, filtered and evaporated and the residue was purified by silica gel chromatography (Biotage system with a 50 g SNAP column) using a as eluent a gradient cyclohexane/ethyl acetate from 8/2 to 1/1. Evaporation afforded the title compound as light yellow oil (465 mg).

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