1-Ethyl-3-(3'-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide → (E)-6-(3-Oxo-3-(3-(thiophen-2-ylmethoxy)azetidin-1-yl)prop-1-enyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2(3H)-one

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3-(Thiophen-2-ylmethoxy)-azetidine hydrochloride (127 mg, 0.62 mmol), EDCI (120 mg, 0.62 mmol), HOBt (86 mg, 0.62 mmol) and diisopropylethylamine (180 μL, 1.03 mmol) were successively added to a solution of (E)-3-(2-oxo-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-6-yl)acrylic acid hydrochloride (100 mg, 0.41 mmol) in dimethylformamide (10 mL) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred overnight then partitioned between ethyl acetate (20 mL) and water (30 mL). The aqueous layer was separated and successively extracted with ethyl acetate (2×20 mL) and dichloromethane (2×20 mL). The combined organic phases were washed with a saturated solution of sodium chloride (3×30 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to dryness. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel using dichloromethane/methanol (98:2 to 93:7) as eluent. The residue was triturated in pentane to afford the title product as a pale orange solid (21 mg, 14%).

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