1,2-Dibromobenzene → [(4-Bromo-phenyl)-thiazol-2-yl-methyl]-[3-methyl-1-(4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxa-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl)-butyl]-amine

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Reaction Steps

To a solution of dibromobenzene (760 mg, 3.2 mmol) in dry ether was added 2.5 M solution of nBuLi in hexanes (1.3 mL, 3.2 mmol) at −30° C. After stirring for 1 h, a solution of [3-methyl-1-(4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxa-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl)-butyl]-thiazol-2-ylmethylene-amine (500 mg, 1.6 mmol) in 5 mL of dry ether was added slowly. The reaction mixture was allowed to stir at the same temperature for 2 h and then the reaction was quenched with water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The organic layer was washed with saturated NaCl and dried over MgSO4. The solvent was evaporated in vacuo. The crude was flash column chromatographed using 2:1 hexanes:EtOAc as an eluant to get [(4-bromo-phenyl)-thiazol-2-yl-methyl]-[3-methyl-1-(4-methyl-2,6,7-trioxa-bicyclo[2.2.2]oct-1-yl)-butyl]-amine as a pale yellow solid.

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