Hydrochloric Acid → 3-(aminomethyl)-6-methyl-4-pyridin-4-yl-1H-pyridin-2-one

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To an ice bath cooled THF (100 mL) solution of 6-methyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydro-4,4′-bipyridine-3-carbonitrile (4 g, 18.9 mmol) was added NaBH4 (1.43 g, 37.9 mmol), and I2 (4.81 g, 18.9 mmol), and the mixture was stirred for 0.5 h. The reaction mixture was then heated at reflux for 4 h. After cooling to 0° C., the reaction mixture was adjusted to pH 5 with 4N HCl. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo to give the crude compound, which was purified by HPLC to give 3-(aminomethyl)-6-methyl-4,4′-bipyridin-2(1H)-one (1.9 g, 31%) as a TFA salt. LCMS MH+=216.0 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6 in D2O) δ 8.87 (d, 2H), 7.87 (d, 2H), 6.13 (s, 1H), 3.65 (br s, 2H), 2.17 (s, 3H).

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