Oxalyl chloride → HCID 67486306, compound

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To a stirred suspension of 4-[2-(4-bromo-phenyl)-2-carboxy-ethyl]benzoic acid methyl ester (0.4 g, 1.10 mmol) in anhydrous CH2Cl2 (10 mL), was added oxalyl chloride (0.28 g, 2.7 mmol) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was stirred for 14 h, concentrated under reduced pressure and coevaporated with CH2Cl2 (2×10 mL. The crude material was dried under vacuum for 3 h. The crude acid chloride (0.4 g, 1.04 mmol) was treated with 4-benzofuran phenyl amine (Step E above, 0.26 g, 1.25 mmol) and N,N-diispropylethylamine (0.6 mL, 3.12 mmol) in CH2Cl2 at 0° C. The resulting mixture was stirred for 14 h at room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was treated with MeOH and the precipitate was filtered and washed with cold MeOH to give 4-[2-(4-benzofuran-2yl-phenylcarbamoyl)-2-(4-bromo-phenyl)-ethyl]-benzoic acid methyl ester as a brownish solid (0.4 g, 69%): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3): δ 7.82 (d, J=8.1 Hz, 2H), 7.68 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.38-7.47 (m, 5H), 7.09-7.20 (m, 7H), 6.87 (s, 1H), 3.81 (s, 3H), 3.53-3.64 (m, 2H), 3.0 (dd, J=6.6, 12.9 Hz, 1H); LC-MS m/z=554 [C31H42NBrO4+H]+; TLC conditions: Uniplate silica gel, 250 microns; mobile phase=ethyl acetate/hexanes (2:1); Rf=0.4.

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