Chlorotrimethylsilane → tert-Butyl 3-(3-acetyl-5-chloro-6-fluoro-2-methoxyphenyl)azetidine-1-carboxylate

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Zinc (0.682 g, 10.4 mmol) was suspended with 1,2-dibromoethane (0.0598 mL, 0.694 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (12 mL). The mixture was heated at 70° C. for 10 minutes and then cooled to room temperature. Chlorotrimethylsilane (0.088 mL, 0.69 mmol) was added dropwise and stirring was continued for 1 hour. A solution of tert-butyl 3-iodoazetidine-1-carboxylate (2.5 g, 8.7 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (10 mL) was then added and the mixture was heated at 40° C. for 1 hour before a mixture of 1-(5-chloro-4-fluoro-3-iodo-2-methoxyphenyl)ethanone (3.0 g, 9.1 mmol), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.16 g, 0.17 mmol) and tri-(2-furyl)phosphine (0.081 g, 0.35 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (20 mL) was added. The reaction mixture was warmed to 70° C. and stirred overnight. The mixture was then cooled to room temperature and partitioned between ether and sat. NH4Cl solution. The organic layers were washed with water, dried over MgSO4, concentrated and purified on silica gel (eluting with 0 to 25% EtOAc in hexanes) to give the desired product (0.8 g). LCMS calculated for C17H21ClFNO4Na (M+Na)+: m/z=380.1; Found: 380.1.

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