Triethylamine (0.156 mL, 0.1.12 mmol) was added to a solution of (3R,6S)-3-amino-6-(2,3-difluorophenyl)-1-(1,3-thiazol-2-ylmethyl)azepan-2-one (302 mg, 0.895 mmol) and 4-nitrophenyl chloroformate (217 mg, 1.074 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran (15 mL) at 0° C. After 30 min, 2-oxo-1-(4-piperidinyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridine dihydrochloride (782 mg, 2.685 mmol), triethylamine (5.37 mmol) and dichloromethane (15 mL) were added and the mixture allowed to warm to ambient temperature. The reaction was stirred overnight, concentrated, diluted with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate and extracted with dichloromethane (2×). The organic layer was washed with water, saturated brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. Purification by silica gel chromatography (0%→8% methanol/dichloromethane) gave the title compound (400 mg). MS 582.2109 (M+1). 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ 8.06 (d, J=4.5 Hz, 1H), 7.73 (d, J=3.4 Hz, 1H), 7.35 (m, 2H), 7.0 (m, 2H), 6.98 (dd, J=5.4, 7.8 Hz, 1H), 6.85 (m, 1H), 6.21 (d, J=5.3 Hz, 1H), 5.0 (app q, J=15 Hz, 2H), 4.85 (dd, J=5.0, 11.1 Hz, 1H), 4.58 (m, 1H), 4.27 (br dd, 2H), 4.00 (dd, J=10.6, 15.1 Hz, 1H), 3.50 (d, J=15.1 Hz, 1H), 3.0 (br dd, 1 h), 2.88 (dd, J=10.0, 10.0 Hz, 1H), 2.2-1.6 (m, 8H).
