Triethylamine → 2-(2,4-Dimethoxybenzylamino)nicotinonitrile

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2,4-Dimethoxybenzylamine (2.90 g, 17.3 mmol) and triethylamine (1.75 g, 17.3 mmol) were added sequentially to a solution of 2-chloronicotinonitrile (2.0 g, 14.4 mmol) in N,N-dimethylacetamide (29 mL). The reaction was heated at 80° C. for 4 h, quenched with water and extracted with diethyl ether (3×). The combined organic extracts were washed water, saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, 0-5% ethyl acetate (with 0.1 triethylamine) in dichloromethane gradient elution) to produce the title compound (2.80 g). MS 270.3 (M+1).

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