Water → N-(5'-((3,3-Difluorocyclobutyl)methoxy)-4-methoxyspiro[cyclohexane-1,2'-indene]-3'(1'H)-ylidene)-2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide

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6′-((3,3-Difluorocyclobutyl)methoxy)-4-methoxyspiro[cyclohexane-1,2′-inden]-1′(3′H)-one (Intermediate 14, 1.85 g, 5.28 mmol) and 2-methylpropane-2-sulfinamide (1.15 g, 9.50 mmol) were dissolved in 2-Me THF (40 mL). Tetraethoxytitanium (2.21 mL, 10.6 mmol) was added and the resulting mixture was heated to 80° C. over a weekend. The reaction mixture was cooled to r.t., and diluted with ethyl acetate (85 mL). Water (3 mL) was added under vigorous stirring and then the mixture was allowed to stand for 1 h. The mixture was filtered, the solvent was evaporated and the residue was purified by column chromatography on silica using a gradient of 0-70% ethyl acetate in heptanes. The product was recrystallized twice from EtOH. to give 0.750 g of the title compound (31% yield). MS (ES+) m/z 454 [M+H]+.

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