Iodine → (S)-methyl 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-3-(4-(2-(4-(heptyloxy)phenyl)thiazol-4-yl)phenyl)propanoate

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To a stirring mixture of zinc (182 mg, 2.79 mmol) in DMF (2 mL) was added diiodine (35.4 mg, 0.14 mmol). When the color was discharged, further diiodine (35.4 mg, 0.14 mmol) and (R)-methyl 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-3-iodopropanoate (306 mg, 0.93 mmol) were added. After 30 min, DMF (1 mL) was added and the mixture de-gassed by bubbling through N2. To the reaction mixture were added 4-(4-bromophenyl)-2-(4-(heptyloxy)phenyl)thiazole (400 mg, 0.93 mmol), Pd2dba3 (21 mg, 0.02 mmol) and dicyclohexyl(2′,6′-dimethoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-2-yl)phosphine (19 mg, 0.05 mmol), the mixture was further de-gassed then heated to 50° C. for 3 h. The reaction mixture was cooled and purified by column chromatography (10-80% EA in iso-hexanes). The product obtained was taken into DCM (4 mL) and washed with water (20 mL) and dried through a hydrophobic frit. The organics were suspended in ACN (4 mL) and concentrated to afford 432 mg (83%) of (S)-methyl 2-((tert-butoxycarbonyl)amino)-3-(4-(2-(4-(heptyloxy)phenyl)thiazol-4-yl)phenyl)propanoate as a yellow foam. LCMS-ESI (m/z) calculated for C31H40N2O5S: 552.7; no ion observed, tR=3.36 min. (Method 4).

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