Triphenylphosphine → ethyl 4-(1-(2-methyl-4-(4-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenoxy)butyl)benzoate

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2-Methyl-4-(4-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)phenol (200 mg, 0.83 mmol) was combined with ethyl 4-(1-hydroxybutyl)benzoate (see Intermediate 5) (19 mg, 0.87 mmol) and dissolved in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (5 mL). Triphenylphosphine (347 mg, 1.3 mmol) was added at 0° under stirring followed by 0.83 ml of 1.5 M solution of diazoethyl azodicarboxylate (1.24 mmol). The reaction was stirred at room temperature as a yellow solution. At 17 hours, the reaction was concentrated and 10 ml of ethyl acetate and 5 ml of heptanes were added. Solid was filtered off and the mother liquor was loaded on silica gel. Chromatography on a silica gel column (gradient from 5% to 40% of ethyl acetate in heptane) gave the target product as a colorless glass (90 mg, 24%). MS (M+1): 447.2.

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