Reagents and conditions: (a)
4-iodotoluidine, trans-1,2-cyclohexanediamine, K3PO4, CuI, toluene, 110 °C, 1 d, 48% yield;
(b) m-phenylenediamine, DIEA, NMP, 150 °C, 4
d, quant. yield; (c) 4-nitrobenzoyl chloride, pyridine, rt, overnight;
(d) SnCl2·2H2O, EtOAc/MeOH, 80 °C,
1 d, 40% yield over 2 steps; (e) 4-bromocrotonyl chloride, DIEA, ACN,
0 °C; (f) dimethylamine (2.0 M in THF), rt, 1 h, 4% yield over
2 steps.