Trifluoroacetic acid → N-(4-aminobutyl)pyridin-2-amine

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Crude 2-[[4-(tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino-1-butyl]amino]pyridine (3.13 mmole) was treated with TFA (10 mL) in CH2Cl2 (10 mL). After 2 hr the mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was taken up in 1.0 N NaOH (20 mL) and extracted with CHCl3 (4×50 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over MgSO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the title compound (122 mg, 24%) as a yellow oil: MS (ES) m/e 166 (M+H)+.

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