Ammonium Chloride → 4-methyl-6'-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-[1,2']bipyridinyl-3'-ylamine

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A flask was charged with 4-methyl-6′-(4-methyl-piperazin-1-yl)-3′-nitro-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-[1,2′]bipyridinyl (101 mg, 0.320 mmol), methanol (10 mL), ammonium chloride (171 mg, 3.20 mmol), and iron powder (88 mg, 1.6 mmol) and refluxed for 10 h. Additional amounts of ammonium chloride (171 mg, 3.20 mmol) and iron powder (88 mg, 1.6 mmol) were added after 2.5 h and 6 h during the reflux operation. The cooled mixture was poured into satd aq sodium bicarbonate (100 mL), extracted with dichloromethane (4×20 mL), and the organic layers were dried over Na2SO4. The solvents were removed in vacuo to yield 80 mg (87%) of the title compound as a green glass. 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 6.89 (d, 1H, J=8.3), 6.21 (d, 1H, J=8.3 Hz), 3.45-3.36 (m, 8H), 2.71 (m, 2H), 2.54 (m, 4H), 2.34 (s, 3H), 1.74-1.71 (m, 2H), 1.52 (m, 1H), 1.31 (m, 2H), 0.98 (d, 3H, J=6.5 Hz). LC-MS (ESI, m/z): Calcd. for C16H28N5, 290.2 (M+H); found: 290.2.

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