Triethylamine → (R)-2-tert-butyl 8-methyl 1-isopropyl-7-(methylsulfonyl)-3,4-dihydrobenzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine-2,8 (1H)-dicarboxylate

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To a 1 L round-bottom flask containing (R)-tert-butyl 4-(2-amino-4-(methoxycarbonyl)-5-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-2-isopropyl-3-oxopiperazine-1-carboxylate (25 g, 0.0532 mol) in dichloromethane (500 mL) were added Et3N (64.5 g, 0.638 mol, 12 eq.) and SiCl4 (27.1 g, 0.160 mol, 3 eq.). The mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The mixture was added dropwise to aq. NaHCO3 solution (54.1 g in 1 L of water, 0.644 mol, 12.1 eq.) at 0° C. slowly and adjusted to pH=8. The mixture was filtered and the aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (3×600 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine, and then dried over anhydrous Na2SO4. The mixture was filtered and concentrated under vacuum to give the residue. The residue was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with petroleum ether: EtOAc 2:1 to give (R)-2-tert-butyl 8-methyl 1-isopropyl-7-(methylsulfonyl)-3,4-dihydrobenzo[4,5]imidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine-2,8(1H)-dicarboxylate (13.2 g, 55% yield) as a pale yellow solid. Analytical chiral HPLC: tR=9.03 min in 15 min chromatography (Method: OD-3_3_5_40_2.5 ML). LC-MS MS (ESI) m/z 452.2 [M+H]+. 1H NMR (CD3OD 400 MHz): δ 8.31 (s, 1H), 8.01 (s, 1H), 5.30-5.18 (m, 1H), 4.70-4.52 (m, 1H), 4.47 (dd, J=3.2 and 12.4 Hz, 1H), 4.18 (dt, J=5.2 and 11.6 Hz, 1H), 3.98 (s, 3H), 3.70-3.52 (m, 1H), 3.44 (s, 3H), 2.50-2.38 (m, 1H), 1.53 (s, 9H), 1.25 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 3H), 1.06 (d, J=6.8 Hz, 3H).

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