Cyclopropylamine → N-Cyclopropyl-6-{[3-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-methyl-isoxazol-4-ylmethyl]-amino}-nicotinamide

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A solution of trimethylaluminium (2 M in toluene, 410 μL, 0.8 mmol) was added dropwise (exothermic) to a solution of cyclopropylamine (47 mg, 58 μL, 0.8 mmol) in dioxane (5 mL) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h. Then a solution of 6-{[3-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-5-methyl-isoxazol-4-ylmethyl]-amino}-nicotinic acid methyl ester (70 mg, 0.2 mmol) in dioxane (2.5 mL) was added. The resulting mixture was then heated at 85-95° C. for 5 h and then cooled to room temperature and then poured into a sodium potassium tartrate solution and extracted with ethyl acetate which was then washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate and evaporated. Purification by chromatography (SiO2, heptane:ethyl acetate=100:0 to 0:100) afforded the title compound (45 mg, 60%) which was obtained as an off white foam. MS: m/e=367.0 [M+H]+.

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