Sodium Bicarbonate → Ethyl 3-[(2-chloro-5-nitropyrimidin-4-YL)(cyclopentyl)amino]-2,2-difluoropropanoate

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A solution of 3.6 g (0.016 mole) of 3-cyclopentylamino-2,2-difluoro-propanoic acid ethyl ester in 3 mL of ethyl acetate was added over 5 minutes to a cooled (0 degrees) mixture of 3.2 g (0.016 mole) of 2,4-dichloro-5-nitro-pyrimidine, 5.47 g (0.064 mole) of sodium bicarbonate and 36 mL of ethyl acetate. The cooling bath was removed and the mixture stirred for 17 hours at room temperature. Activated charcoal was added and after stirring briefly, the mixture was filtered through a pad of Celite, washing the filter pad with ethyl acetate. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to give 6.29 g of 3-[(2-chloro-5-nitro-pyrimidin-4-yl)-cyclopentyl-amino]-2,2-difluoro-propanoic acid ethyl ester (IV-20) as a yellow thick oil, which contained a small portion of a regioisomer. This material was used directly in the next step without further purification.

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