Diisopropylamine → (4-tert-Butoxy-5-fluoro-3-methoxypyridin-2-yl)cyclopropylacetonitrile

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A −78° C. solution of diisopropylamine (1.3 mL, 9.0 mmol), under a nitrogen atmosphere in dry tetrahydrofuran (20 mL), was treated dropwise with 2.5 N n-butyllithium (3.6 mL, 9.0 mmol) and stirred for 10 minutes. The solution was treated dropwise with cyclopropylacetonitrile (0.8 g, 3.5 mmol) and stirred at −78° C. for 15 minutes. A solution of 4-tert-butoxy-2,5-difluoro-3-methoxypyridine (0.8 g, 3.5 mmol)[Example 7] in dry tetrahydrofuran (5 mL) was added and stirred for 1 hour at −78° C. followed by 1 hour at 0° C. The mixture was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride and extracted with diethylether. The combined extracts were washed with brine, dried over sodium sulfate, and the solvent removed in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography, eluting with ethyl acetate/hexanes (1:4) to afford the title compound (0.9 g). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.22 (s, 1H), 3.98 (s, 3H), 3.77 (d, 1H), 1.55-1.48 (m, 1H), 1.42 (s, 9H), 0.62-0.54 (m, 2H), 0.50-0.42 (m, 1H), 0.35-0.30 (m, 1H). MSCI: m/z=279 (MH+).

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