A solution of 1,1′-carbonyldiimidazole (0.169 g) and (R)-N-[2-chloro-4-(4-carboxyphenylsulphonyl)phenyl]-2-hydroxy-2-methyl-3,3,3-trifluoropropanamide (Example 121) (0.30 g) in DMF (1 ml)/ethyl acetate (9 ml) was heated at 50° C. for 30 minutes. Ethanolamine (0.055 ml) was added and the mixture was heated and stirred a further 17 hours. The mixture was cooled, diluted with ethyl acetate (50 ml), washed with dilute aqueous hydrochloric acid (25 ml), water (25 ml), saturated aqueous sodium hydrogen carbonate solution (25 ml) and brine, then dried. Volatile material was removed by evaporation and the residue was purified by chromatography, eluting with 2.5% methanol/ethyl acetate to give the title compound (0.25 g) as a solid. NMR (CDCl3+DMSO-δ6): 1.58 (s, 3H), 3.44 (m, 2H), 3.62 (m, 2H), 4.26 (t, 1H), 7.05 (s, 1H), 7.76 (dd, 1H), 7.83-8.01 (m, 6H), 8.56 (d, 1H); 9.73 (brs, 1H); MS (ESP−): 495.
