Acetic Acid → HCID 24991163, compound

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Mix 5-[4-(azetidin-3-yloxy)-3-methoxy-phenyl]-2-(4-chloro-phenyl)-6,7-dihydro-5H-thiazolo[5,4-c]pyridin-4-one (3.1 g, 7.01 mmol) with anhydrous MeOH (100 mL) and treat with acetic acid (4.0 mL, 69.8 mmol) and formaldehyde (1.6 mL, 21.30 mmol, as a solution in water). Stir the mixture at room temperature for 30 min and then treat with sodium cyanoborohydride (1.3 g, 19.6 mmol). Stir the mixture at room temperature overnight and concentrate in vacuo. Partition the resulting residue between CH2Cl2 (100 mL) and saturated NaHCO3 (100 mL). Remove the organic solution and extract the aqueous phase with additional CH2Cl2 (2×100 mL). Combine the organic solutions and wash with water (50 mL), then dry, filter, and concentrate in vacuo. Purify the crude material by flash chromatography, using 8% MeOH (2M NH3)/CH2Cl2 as eluent, to give 1.6 g (50%) of the title compound as a yellow solid. ES/MS m/z (35Cl) 456 [M+1]+.

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