Nitromethane → tert-butyl 5'-(3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-4,4,4-trifluoro-3-(nitromethyl)butanoyl)-3'H-spiro[azetidine-3,1'-isobenzofuran]-1-carboxylate

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To a stirred solution of tert-butyl 5′-(3-(3,5-dichlorophenyl)-4,4,4-trifluorobut-2-enoyl)-3′H-spiro[azetidine-3,1′-isobenzofuran]-1-carboxylate (Preparation 10, 1 g, 1.89 mmol) in acetonitrile (10 mL) was added nitromethane (1.013 mL, 18.93 mmol) and DBU (0.275 mL, 1.84 mmol) at room temperature. Resulting reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 16 hours. After consumption of starting material; reaction mixture was quenched with water (25 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL). Combined organic layers were washed with brine (60 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure to get brown semi solid (1.41 g, crude). Crude compound was purified by column chromatography using silica gel (230-400 mesh). Desired compound was eluted in 10% ethyl acetate in n-hexane to get light yellow sticky liquid (1.02 g, 91.07%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ: 1.47 (s, 9H), 3.97 (d, J=18.64 Hz, 1H), 4.10-4.17 (m, 3H), 4.34 (d, J=9.8 Hz, 2H), 5.16 (s, 2H), 5.45 (d, J=12.32 Hz, 1H), 5.58 (d, J=12.36 Hz, 1H), 7.18 (s, 2H), 7.40-7.41 (m, 1H), 7.61 (d, J=7.92 Hz, 1H), 7.81 (s, 1H), 7.98-8.00 (m, 1H), LC-MS (m/z): 587.1 (M−H).

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