Ethyl Acetate → HCID 66925346, compound

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To a 100 mL oven dried, argon flushed flask was added in the following order 0.59 g (6.10 mmol) of NaOtBu, 360 mg of Pd2dba3, 20 mL of toluene, 0.14 mL of P(tBu)3, and a 20 mL solution of 1.3 g (4.36 mmol) of N-(3-pyridylmethyl)-3-cyclopentyloxy-4-methoxyaniline in toluene. With stirring, 3.1 g (15 mmol) of iodobenzene was added dropwise and the mixture was stirred for 18 hours. The reaction mixture was diluted with EtOAc and washed twice with H2O and extracted with 3×15 mL of 3N HCl. The combined acid extracts were washed with 15 mL of EtOAc and then carefully neutralized with 6N NaOH to pH greater than 12. The basic solution was extracted with 2×15 mL of EtOAc and the combined organic fractions were subsequently washed with 15 mL of H2O and brine, dried (MgSO4), and concentrated. The residue was purified by chromatography over silica gel (Biotage Flash 40M) eluting with 25% EtOAc in hexanes. The material was further purified by crystallization from hexanes to give 550 mg of a white solid. 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 8.61 (s, 1H), 8.49 (d, 1H, J=4.2 Hz), 7.67 (d, 1H, 7.9 Hz), 7.30–7.10 (m, 3H), 6.90–6.80 (m, 4H), 6.80–6.60 (m, 2H), 4.94 (s, 2H), 4.64 (p, 1H, J=4.1 Hz), 3.84 (s, 3H), 1.86–1.70 (m, 6H), 1.65–1.45 (m, 2H).

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