N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylethylenediamine → [2-(2-Dimethylamino-ethyl)-benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl]-(2-fluoro-pyridin-3-yl)-methanol

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Reaction Conditions

Reaction Steps

To a cooled (−78° C.) solution of [2-(3-bromo-benzo[b]thiophen-2-yl)-ethyl]-dimethyl-amine (400 mg, 1.4 mmol) in anhydrous toluene (16 mL), TMEDA (240 uL, 2.8 mmol) was added followed by nBuLi (1.0 mL, 1.7 mmol, 1.6M in hexanes). The mixture was stirred for 40 min at −78° C. and 2-fluoro-3-pyridine-carbaldehyde (0.70 g, 5.6 mmol) was added. The mixture was stirred for 12 hrs during which the mixture warmed up to room temperature, quenched with 1M HCl (2 mL) and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined organic layers were dried (Na2SO4), concentrated and purified by silical gel column chromatography (gradient of DCM/MeOH=98/2 up to 90/10) to afford [2-(2-dimethylamino-ethyl)-benzo[b]thiophen-3-yl]-(2-fluoro-pyridin-3-yl)-methanol (Compound 24-1) (0.12 g) in 26% yield. MH+=331.0.

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