Triethylsilane → N,N-Dimethyl-4-((5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)naphthalen-1-amine

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A solution of (4) (3.35 g, 6.40 mmol) in TFA (30 mL) was added triethylsilane (6 mL, 38.4 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. TFA was removed under vacuum. The residue was basified with 2 M sodium hydroxide to pH>7. The aqueous layer was extracted three times with chloroform/isopropanol (3:1200 mL). The pooled organic layers were dried over magnesium sulfate. The mixture was filtered and the solvents were removed under vacuum. The residue was purified by chromatography on silica gel with 2 to 5% saturated ammonia methanol in dichloromethane to give N,N-dimethyl-4-((5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methyl)naphthalen-1-amine (5) (0.55 g, 2.07 mmol, 32% yield), and (4-(dimethylamino)naphthalen-1-yl)(5-methyl-1H-imidazol-4-yl)methanol (6) (0.45 g, 1.60 mmol, 25% yield).

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