Ethylamine → [3,6-Dimethyl-2-(2,4,6-trimethyl-phenoxy)-pyridin-4-yl]-ethylamine

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A mixture of 4-chloro-3,6-dimethyl-2-(2,4,6-trimethylphenoxy)-pyridine (1.330 g, 4.822 mmol) and 20 ml of ethyl amine in 13 ml of 1-methyl-2-pyrrolidinone was heated at 150° C. at 250 psi overnight in a pressure reactor. The reaction was heated an additional 24 hours at 175° C. and 300 psi. The reaction mixture cooled to room temperature and diluted with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was dried and concentrated to give a brown oil. The oil residue was purified through silica gel column chromatography using chloroform to 2% methanol in chloroform as eluent to give 0.820 g (60%) of the title compound as a white solid, mp 115-116° C.

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