Sodium Iodide → (4-{[4-Cyclopropyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyrimidin-5-ylmethyl]-methyl-amino}-2-methyl-phenoxy)-acetic acid methyl ester

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To a solution of 400 mg (1.28 mmol) 5-chloromethyl-4-cyclopropyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyrimidine (example 27F]) and 268 mg (1.28 mmol) of (2-methyl-4-methylamino-phenoxy)-acetic acid methyl ester (example 5F]) in 8 ml of DMSO was added 194 mg (1.41 mmol) potasium carbonate and 192 mg (1.28 mmol) sodium iodide. The reaction mixture was stirred for 20 min at RT. It was then taken up in ether and washed with aqueous 10% KHSO4-solution (10%) and water. The crude product was purified by chromatography over silica gel with AcOEt/heptane 1:3, to give 403 mg of pure (4-{[4-cyclopropyl-2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-pyrimidin-5-ylmethyl]-methyl-amino}-2-methyl-phenoxy)-acetic acid methyl ester.

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