Triethylamine → [1-(2-fluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c][1,5]naphthyridin-2-yl]methanol

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N4-(2-Fluoro-2-methylpropyl)[1,5]naphthyridine-3,4-diamine (2.12 g, 9.06 mmol) was dissolved in 90 mL of anhydrous CH2Cl2 and the stirred solution was cooled to 0° C. under N2. Triethylamine (1.39 mL, 10.0 mmol) and acetoxyacetyl chloride (1.07 mL, 10.0 mmol) were then added and the reaction mixture was stirred overnight. The reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and the resulting material was dissolved in 90 mL of ethanol and treated with 5 mL of triethylamine. The mixture was heated at reflux for 4 days. The reaction mixture was then cooled and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a purple solid. The purple solid was partitioned between CH2Cl2 (75 mL) and H2O (75 mL). The layers were separated and the aqueous portion was extracted with CH2Cl2 (2×20 mL). The combined organic portions were washed with brine, dried over Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give a purple solid. The resulting material was dissolved in 50 mL of methanol and treated with 1 mL of saturated aqueous K2CO3 solution. After 1 hour, the mixture was treated with 3.5% NaH2PO4 solution and the methanol was removed by evaporation under reduced pressure. A brown solid precipitated out of the aqueous solution and was isolated by filtration. The brown solid was rinsed with H2O and then dried to give 1.81 g of [1-(2-fluoro-2-methylpropyl)-1H-imidazo[4,5-c][1,5]naphthyridin-2-yl]methanol.

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