Potassium Carbonate → (1R,2S)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1'-(1-trityl-1 H-imidazol-4-yl)spiro[cyclopropane-1,3'-indolin]-2'-one

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4-Iodo-1-trityl-1 H-imidazole (210 mg, 0.48 mmol) was added to a suspension of racemic (1S,2R)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)spiro[cyclopropane-1,3′-indolin]-2′-one (107 mg, 0.4 mmol) in acetonitrile (2 mL) under a nitrogen atmosphere. A steady stream of nitrogen was bubbled through the suspension as it was heated to 40° C. over 15 minutes. Potassium carbonate (110 mg, 0.8 mmol), copper (I) iodide (12 mg, 15 mol %), and N,N-dimethylethylenediamine (0.12 mmol, 30 mol %) were added and the reaction mixture was heated to 80° C. and kept for 21 hours under nitrogen atmosphere. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, filtered and concentrated to give the title product. The residue was purified by flash column chromatography (gradient elution, 5-10% ethyl acetate in petroleum ether) to give racemic trans-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1′-(1 H-imidazol-4-trityl)spiro[cyclopropane-1,3′-indolin]-2′-one (157 mg, 68%). LC/MS m/e calcd. for C38H28ClN3O: 577, observed (M+H)+: 578.2 MS calcd. for C38H28ClN3O 578, obsd. (ESI+) [(M+H)+] 579.3.

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