Chlorotrimethylsilane → Benzyl 3-(3-acetyl-5-chloro-2-ethoxy-6-methylphenyl)azetidine-1-carboxylate

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Zinc (0.967 g, 14.8 mmol) was suspended with 1,2-dibromoethane (0.085 mL, 0.98 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (17 mL). The mixture was heated at 70° C. for 10 minutes and then cooled to room temperature. Chlorotrimethylsilane (0.125 mL, 0.984 mmol) was added dropwise and stirring was continued for 1 hour. A solution of benzyl 3-iodoazetidine-1-carboxylate (from PharmaBlock) (3.9 g, 12 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-2-ethoxy-3-iodo-4-methylphenyl)ethanone (4.4 g, 13 mmol), tris(dibenzylideneacetone)dipalladium(0) (0.22 g, 0.24 mmol) and tri-(2-furyl)phosphine (0.12 g, 0.50 mmol) in N,N-dimethylformamide (30 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 solutions. The organic layers were washed with water, dried over MgSO4, concentrated and purified on silica gel (eluting with 0 to 20% EtOAc in hexanes) to give the desired product (3.87 g, 78%). LCMS calculated for C22H25ClNO4 (M+H)+: m/z=402.1; Found: 402.1,

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