2-Aminopyridine → 3-cyclopentyl-2-(4-ethanesulfonyl-phenyl)-N-pyridin-2-yl-propionamide

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A solution of triphenylphosphine (279 mg, 1.06 mmol) in methylene chloride (5 mL) was cooled to 0° C. and then slowly treated with N-bromosuccinimide (189 mg, 1.06 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 20 min and then treated with 3-cyclopentyl-2-(4-ethanesulfonyl-phenyl)-propionic acid (prepared as in Example 77, 300 mg, 0.97 mmol). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 10 min and then allowed to warm to 25° C. where it was stirred for 30 min. The reaction mixture was then treated with 2-aminopyridine (200 mg, 2.13 mmol). The resulting reaction mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 15 h. The crude reaction mixture was then directly purified by flash chromatography (Merck Silica gel 60, 230-400 mesh, 1/1 hexanes/ethyl acetate) to afford 3-cyclopentyl-2-(4-ethanesulfonyl-phenyl)-N-pyridin-2-yl-propionamide (185 mg, 50%) as a pale orange solid: mp 144-145° C.; EI-HRMS m/e calcd for C21H26N2O3S (M+) 386.1664, found 386.1660.

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