Tetrahydrofuran toluene → 4-chloro-N-(2-fluoro-4-(oxazol-2-yl)benzyl)-N-((1R,2R)-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)cyclohexyl)benzenesulfonamide

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N-((1R,2R)-2-acetylcyclohexyl)-4-chloro-N-(2-fluoro-4-(oxazol-2-yl)benzyl)benzenesulfonamide (150 mg, 0.31 mmol) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (5.0 mL) and a solution of 1.4M methyl magnesiumbromide in 3:1 toluene/tetrahydrofuran (2.0 mL, 2.8 mmol) was added. After 1 h, TLC indicated conversion to a new product. The reaction mixture was quenched with methanol followed by saturated aqueous ammonium chloride and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organics were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated to give a mixture of starting material and product. The crude mixture was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel twice using a gradient of 15-50% ethyl acetate/hexanes followed by 10-35% ethyl acetate/hexanes to give 4-chloro-N-(2-fluoro-4-(oxazol-2-yl)benzyl)-N-((1R,2R)-2-(2-hydroxypropan-2-yl)cyclohexyl)benzenesulfonamide as a colorless oil (20 mg, 13% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ ppm 7.66-7.78 (m, 4H), 7.62 (dd, J=10.83, 1.51 Hz, 1H), 7.52 (t, J=7.81 Hz, 1H), 7.35-7.45 (m, 2H), 7.21-7.28 (m, 3H), 4.44-4.56 (m, 2H), 3.87 (d, J=3.02 Hz, 1H), 3.06 (s, 1H), 1.85 (d, J=8.31 Hz, 2H), 1.62-1.69 (m, 2H), 1.52-1.61 (m, 3H), 1.49 (br. s., 1H), 1.18 (s, 3H), 1.05-1.16 (m, 7H). MS [M+H+Na]+=529.19.

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