Pivaloyl chloride → Methyl 2-chloro-4-fluoro-3-(pivalamidomethyl)benzoate

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The title compound was prepared following the procedure described in step-2 of Intermediate-2 using methyl 3-(aminomethyl)-2-chloro-4-fluorobenzoate (340 mg, 1.42 mmol), DIPEA (550 mg, 4.27 mmol) and pivaloyl chloride (204 mg, 1.7 mmol) in CH2Cl2 (5 mL) to afford 350 mg of the title product. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 7.81-7.74 (m, 2H), 7.36-7.30 (t, J=9.0 Hz, 1H), 4.39-4.37 (d, J=4.5 Hz, 2H), 3.85 (s, 3H), 1.06 (s, 9H).

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