Benzyl Bromide → (s)-Methyl 2-(4-(benzyloxymethyl)-6-methylpyrimidin-2-yloxy)-3-methoxy-3,3-diphenylpropanoate

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To a 0° C. mixture of lithium hydride (0.235 g, 29.4 mmol) in tetrahydrofuran and dimethylformamide (30 mL: 10 mL) is added the compound of Example 11 (3.0 g, 7.3 mmol) and the mixture stirred for 0.5 hr. Benzyl bromide (1.257 g, 7.3 mmol) is then added and the reaction stirred 12 hr at room temperature. The reaction is poured into ice-water (100 mL) and the quenched mixture extracted with ethyl acetate (2×100 mL). Concentration gives crude product that is purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluted with ethyl acetate-hexane (1:9) to yield the title compound (2.5 g, 69%). MS m/z 499.0 (M+.1).

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