Sodium Carbonate → N-(4-(4-Aminonaphthalen-1-yloxy)pyridin-2-yl)-2-methoxyacetamide

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A stirred suspension of 2-methoxy-N-(4-(4-nitronaphthalen-1-yloxy)pyridin-2-yl)acetamide (11) (44.0 g, 125 mmol) and iron powder (41.7 g, 747 mmol) in acetic acid (300 mL) was heated at 45° C. After 3 hr the mixture was cooled to RT and poured slowly and cautiously onto solid Na2CO3 (200 g). The mixture effervesced vigorously. The mixture was partitioned between water (500 mL) and EtOAc (500 mL). The aqueous layer was basified with solid Na2CO3 to pH 11 and filtered through a pad of celite. The aqueous layer and celite pad were extracted with EtOAc (3×500 mL) and the combined extracts were washed with saturated aqueous NaHCO3 solution (500 mL), dried (MgSO4) and evaporated in vacuo to afford N-(4-(4-aminonaphthalen-1-yloxy)pyridin-2-yl)-2-methoxyacetamide (12) (35.0 g, 78%) as a purple foam: m/z 324 (M+H)+ (ES+).

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