Cesium carbonate → HCID 67036178, compound

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A mixture of 4-methyl-pent-2-ynoic acid (2-iodo-phenyl)-amide (21 g, 67.1 mmol) and cesium carbonate (33.0 g, 100.7 mmol) in DMF (170 ml) was stirred for 10 minutes. 3-bromomethyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (16.9 g, 73.8 mmol) was added. Then the mixture was stirred for 12 hours at room temperature. After removal of the solids, the filtrate was treated with water and extracted with ether. The organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated to give the residue which was purified by flash chromatography, eluting with ethyl acetate/hexane=1:4 to afford the product 3-{[(2-iodo-phenyl)-(4-methyl-pent-2-ynoyl)-amino]-methyl}-benzoic acid methyl ester as yellow solid (15.9 g, 51%). MS calcd. for C21H20ClNO3 461.3, obsd. (ESI+) [(M+H)+] 461.9.

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