4-Amino-m-cresol → HCID 66746840, compound

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A solution of 4-amino-3-methylphenol (5.45 g, 44.25 mmol) in dry dimethylacetamide (75 mL) was treated with potassium tert-butoxide (10.86 g, 96.77 mmol) and the black mixture was stirred at room temp. until the flask had reached room temp. The contents were then treated with 4-chloro-N-methyl-2-pyridinecarboxamide (Method A2, Step 3b; 7.52 g, 44.2 mmol) and heated at 110° C. for 8 h. The mixture was cooled to room temp. and diluted with water (75 mL). The organic layer was extracted with EtOAc (5×100 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with a saturated NaCl solution (200 mL), dried (MgSO4) and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residual black oil was treated with Et2O (50 mL) and sonicated. The solution was then treated with HCl (1 M in Et2O; 100 mL) and stirred at room temp. for 5 min. The resulting dark pink solid (7.04 g, 24.1 mmol) was removed by filtration from solution and stored under anaerobic conditions at 0° C. prior to use: 1H NMR (DMSO-d6) δ 2.41 (s, 3H), 2.78 (d, J=4.4 Hz, 3H), 4.93 (br s, 2H), 7.19 (dd, J=8.5, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.23 (dd, J=5.5, 2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.26 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.55 (d, J=2.6 Hz, 1H), 7.64 (d, J=8.8 Hz, 1H), 8.55 (d, J=5.9 Hz, 1H), 8.99 (q, J=4.8 Hz, 1H).

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