Triethylamine → HCID 67051754, compound

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Palladium hydroxide (100 mg) was suspended in a solution of 1-(diphenylmethyl)-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)azetidin-3-ol (228 mg, 0.80 mmol) in methanol (15 mL), and the mixture was subjected to an atmosphere of hydrogen at 50 psi for 4 h. The catalyst was then removed by filtration through celite, and the filtrate was concentrated in vacuo to provide 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)azetidin-3-ol. This material was used in the subsequent reaction without purification. To a solution of 3,4-difluoro-2-[(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]benzoic acid (314 mg, 0.80 mmol), prepared using procedures similar to those described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,019,033, in DMF (4 mL) was added PyBOP (416 mg, 0.80 mmol) and triethylamine (223 μL, 1.6 mmol). Finally, the unpurified 3-(2-hydroxyethyl)azetidin-3-ol was added, and the resulting mixture was stirred at rt for 16 h. Water and ethyl acetate were added, and the layers were separated. The aqueous phase was extracted with once more with ethyl acetate. The combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by flash chromatography, eluting with ethyl acetate, to provide 1-({3,4-difluoro-2-[(2-fluoro-4-iodophenyl)amino]phenyl}carbonyl)-3-(2-hydroxyethyl)azetidin-3-ol as a colorless oil (303 mg, 0.62 mmol, 78% yield). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.46 (s, 1H), 7.39 (dd, 1H), 7.32 (m, 1H), 7.13 (m, 1H), 6.81 (m, 1H), 6.60 (m, 1H), 4.37 (br s, 1H), 4.28 (br m, 4H), 3.94 (br s, 2H), 2.19 (br s, 1H), 2.02 (m, 2H); MS (EI) for C18H16F3IN2O3: 491 (MH−).

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