Acetonitrile → 7-Bromo-1-(2-chloro-3,6-difluorobenzyl)-8-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine

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1,2,3,4-Tetrahydro-6-methyl-7-bromo pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazine (0.15 g, 1 mmol), 2-chloro 3,6-difluoro-benzyl bromide (0.16 g, 1.05 mmol), KI (0.016 mmol, 0.01 g) in acetonitrile was subjected to microwave irradiation at 130° C. for 20 min. The solvent was stripped off and the crude residue was re-dissolved in CH2Cl2, washed with aqueous NaHCO3 solution. Upon drying, the residue was chromatographed, eluting with a mixture of hexanes-EtOAc (7:3) to furnish pure desired product (0.086 g 23%). The undesired N-alkylation product was also obtained and the structural differentiation was based on NOE NMR experiment.

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