| CPC C07D 471/04 (2013.01) | 13 Claims | 

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               1. A process for the preparation of Savolinitib (I) 
              ![]() comprising the preparation of (1S)-1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanamine (III), 
              ![]() or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, comprising the steps of (i) asymmetric enzymatic transamination of 1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanone (II), 
              ![]() in the presence of an amine transaminase, pyridoxal phosphate, and an amine source; and (ii) isolation of (1S)-1-imidazo[1,2-a]pyridin-6-ylethanamine (III), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. 
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