Triethylamine → Ethyl 4-(4-cyanophenyl)-3-{3-[(1E)-3-ethoxy-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]benzyl}-6-methyl-2-oxo-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate

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To a stirred solution of ethyl 3-(3-bromobenzyl)-4-(4-cyanophenyl)-6-methyl-2-oxo-1-[3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-5-carboxylate (Example 35) (500 mg, 0.84 mmol) in dimethylformamide (7.0 ml) is added bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(II)chloride (117.3 mg, 0.17 mmol), ethyl acrylate (457.2 μl, 4.18 mmol) and triethylamine (232.9 μl, 1.67 mmol). The reaction is stirred overnight (16 h) at 120° C., then cooled to room temperature, diluted with dimethylformamide (8 ml) and purified directly by preparative HPLC (RP18 column; eluent: acetonitrile/0.1% aq. formic acid 10:90→90:10). The title compound, which is still slightly impure, is isolated (356 mg) and then chromatographed again over silica gel 60 with cyclohexane/ethyl acetate (5:1) as eluent.

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