1-(3-Fluoro-benzyl)-3-(4-iodomethyl-thiazol-2-yl)-urea (Intermediate 7, 0.3 mmol) was taken up in THF (3 ml) and DIPEA (1 eq.) and potassium carbonate (1 eq.) was added, followed by thiazolidine-2,4-dione (1 eq.). The reaction was stirred at room temperature overnight. Solvent is removed in vacuo and the crude material was purified by column chromatography with a gradient of 0-60% of (9:1 EtOAc/MeOH) and hexanes to afford 1-(4-((2,4-dioxothiazolidin-3-yl)methyl)thiazol-2-yl)-3-(3-fluorobenzyl)urea (EX #109) as a white solid.
