Phenylglyoxylic Acid → N-(3,4-Dimethyl-phenyl)-2-oxo-2-phenyl-N-[2-(6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-ethyl]-acetamide

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To a solution of (3,4-dimethyl-phenyl)-[2-(6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-ethyl]-amine (172 mg, 0.58 mmol) in DMF (4 mL) was added under a nitrogen atmosphere at 0° C. benzoylformic acid (105 mg, 0.70 mmol), 2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyl-uronium tetrafluoroborate (280 mg, 0.88 mmol) and N,N-diisopropyl ethyl amine (299 μl, 1.75 mmol). The resulting solution was stirred for 18 h at ambient temperature. It was diluted with TBME (15 mL) and washed with aqueous hydrochloric acid (1 M, 15 mL), water (15 mL), aqueous Na2CO3 (saturatedm, 15 mL) and brine (15 mL). The combined aqueous layers were extracted with TBME (15 mL) and the combined organic layers dried over sodium sulfate. Concentration and purification by chromatography (SiO2, heptane:ethyl acetate=95:5 to 60:40) afforded the title compound (132 mg, 53%) as a light brown oil. MS m/e: 427.2 [M+H]+.

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