Aniline → 7-Cyano-2-(3-methyl[1,2,4]thiadiazol-5-yl)heptanoic acid phenylamide

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To a stirred mixture of O-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)-N,N,N′,N′-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate (0.63 g, 1.64 mmol) and aniline (0.14 g, 1.5 mmol) in dichloromethane (10 mL) was added over 5 min the crude solution of 7-cyano-2-(3-methyl[1,2,4]thiadiazol-5-yl)heptanoic acid (2021052) and triethylamine. The resultant reaction mixture was then stirred at room temperature overnight before being quenched with citric acid (5 g) in water (50 mL) and extracted with dichloromethane (3×50 mL). The combined organic fractions were dried (MgSO4) and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (3:1 hexane/ethyl acetate followed by 1:1 hexane/ethyl acetate) to afford 7-cyano-2-(3-methyl[1,2,4]thiadiazol-5-yl)heptanoic acid phenylamide (2021044) (440 mg, 73% over two steps) as a yellow oil.

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