Triethylamine → tert-butyl (3R,5E)-3-({[(1S)-2,2-dimethyl-1-({[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]amino}carbonyl)propyl]amino}carbonyl)-6-[3-methyl-(4-phenyl)phenyl]hex-5-enoate

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A mixture of palladium acetate (52 mg, 0.23 mmol) and tri-(2-methylphenyl)phosphine (141 mg, 0.46 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (10 mL) was sonicated at room temperature for 1 min until a creamy-coloured suspension formed. This suspension was added via Pasteur pipette to a stirred solution of tert-butyl (3R)-3-({[(1S)-2,2-dimethyl-1-({[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]amino}carbonyl)propyl]amino}carbonyl)hex-5-enoate (Preparation 2)(861 mg, 2.0 mmol), 3-methyl-4-phenylbromobenzene (M. Gomberg, J. C. Pernert, J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1926, 48, 1372-84, and see also Preparation 19B)(1.32 gm, 5.34 mmol), and triethylamine (1.28 mL, 9.29 mmol) in anhydrous acetonitrile (15 mL) under nitrogen. The mixture was purged with nitrogen, then heated at reflux for 24 h. The mixture was poured into ethyl acetate (200 mL) and washed with saturated aqueous sodium chloride (2×100 mL), dried (Na2SO4), and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by flash chromatography (gradient elution with dichloromethane:ethyl acetate) to give mainly tert-butyl (3R,5E)-3-({[(1S)-2,2-dimethyl-1-({[(1R)-1-phenylethyl]amino}carbonyl)propyl]amino}carbonyl)-6-[3-methyl-(4-phenyl)phenyl]hex-5-enoate as a colourless foam (1.91 gm, 69%). 1H NMR suggests that two alkene isomers, the (5Z) and (4E) were also present. The mixture of alkenes was taken onto the next step (see b, below).

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