Isopropylamine → 4-Methyl-2-[2-(5-methyl-3-phenyl-isoxazol-4-yl)-ethyl]-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid iso-propylamide

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To a stirred solution of isopropylamine (216 mg, 3.65 mmol) in dioxane (4 mL) under argon and at room temperature was added trimethylaluminium (1.83 mL of a 2M solution in toluene, 3.7 mmol). After 1 h, a solution of 4-methyl-2-[2-(5-methyl-3-phenyl-isoxazol-4-yl)-ethyl]-thiazole-5-carboxylic acid (300 mg, 0.91 mmol) in dioxane (4 mL) was added and the reaction mixture warmed to 90° C. After 4 h, the reaction mixture was cooled, quenched with ice water and extracted with dichloromethane. The combined extracts were washed with Seignette's salt solution then dried, filtered, and concentrated. Purification by chromatography (silica, 0 to 10% methanol in dichloromethane) gave the title compound (182 mg, 54%) as a light yellow gum. MS: m/e=370.1 [M+H]+.

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