Acetic Acid → N-{3-[6-(4-{[Bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-methyl}-phenylamino)4-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-pyrazin-2-yl]-2-methyl-phenyl}4-tert-butyl-benzamide

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4-tert-butyl-N-{3-[6-(4-formyl-phenylamino)-4-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-pyrazin-2-yl]-2-methyl-phenyl}-benzamide (4) (110 mg; 0.22 mmol) was dissolved in methanol (10 mL) and 1 mL 2-(2-hydroxy-ethylamino)-ethanol was added. To the stirring reaction solution was then added 0.25 mL glacial acetic acid, followed by 0.25 g powdered molecular sieves (4 Å; activated) and the resulting slurry allowed to stir at rt for 4 hr under N2, then heated to 50° C. After 3 hr at 50° C., the reaction was cooled to rt and excess NaBH4 powder (0.5 g) was added portionwise to the stirring slurry. After gas evolution ceased, the reaction slurry was then adsorbed directly onto silica gel and was chromatographed using methanol/CH2Cl2 (1:9) as eluent to provide N-{3-[6-(4-{[bis-(2-hydroxy-ethyl)-amino]-methyl}-phenylamino)-4-methyl-5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-pyrazin-2-yl]-2-methyl-phenyl}-4-tert-butyl-benzamide (5) (75 mg) as an off-white solid. MS 584.24 (M+H).

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