Sodium Bicarbonate → tert-butyl 2-(1-(4-bromophenyl)-2-(2-(2-chlorophenyl)propan-2-yl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate

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To a solution of N-(4-bromophenyl)-2-(2-chlorophenyl)-2-methylpropanimidamide (3.51 g, 10 mmol) in 60 mL dioxane was added tert-butyl 2-(2-iodoacetyl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (3.38 g, 10 mmol) and NaHCO3 (2.5 g, 30 mmol). The mixture was heated to reflux with stirring for 2 days. The reaction was monitored by LC/MS. The reaction mixture was cooled and filtered over celite. The crude mixture was initially purified by silica gel column chromatography. The fraction containing the desired product was further purified by prep HPLC, affording 300 mg (5.5%) of tert-butyl 2-(1-(4-bromophenyl)-2-(2-(2-chlorophenyl)propan-2-yl)-1H-imidazol-4-yl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate. 1H NMR (CD3OD): δ 1.4 (m, 10H), 1.6 (m, 3H,), 1.8 (m, 1H), 1.9-2.3 (m, 5H), 3.4 (m, 1H), 3.6 (m, 1H) 4.6 (m, 1H), 6.9 (m, 3H), 7.05 (m, 1H), 7.2 (m, 2H), 7.25 (m, 1H), 7.50 (m, 2H); LC/MS M+H 544 (observed).

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