Ethyl oxoacetate → HCID 117610997, compound

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To a solution of 2-amino-5-chloro-4-cyclopropylphenol (200 mg, 1.01 mmol) in MeOH (20 mL) at RT, AcOH (3 drops) and ethyl glyoxalate (416 mg, 2.02 mmol, 50% in toluene) were added. The mixture was stirred at RT for 2 h and then sodium cyanoborohydride (190 mg, 3.03 mmol) was added to the mixture. The resulting mixture was stirred at 40° C. for 15 h. The mixture was allowed to cool to RT and partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4 and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography on silica gel (10-20% methanol/dichloromethane) to afford the desired product (290 mg, 100% yield) as a solid. 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) δ: 9.63 (s, 1H), 6.66 (s, 1H), 5.93 (s, 1H), 5.07 (t, J=6.4 Hz, 1H), 4.12 (q, J=7.2 Hz, 2H), 3.91 (d, J=6.4 Hz, 2H), 1.92-1.97 (m, 1H), 1.20 (t, J=6.8 Hz, 2H), 0.84-0.87 (m, 2H), 0.51-0.55 (m, 2H).

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