Diisopropylethylamine → (+/-)-{4-Chloro-2-[2-(2-methoxy-benzylthiocarbamoyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-1-yl]-phenoxy}-acetic acid

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To a solution of (±)-[4-chloro-2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-isoquinolin-1-yl)-phenoxy]-acetic acid ethyl ester hydrochloride (76 mg, 0.20 mmol, 1.0 eq.) and N-ethyldiisopropylamine (42 μL, 0.24 mmol, 1.2 eq) in DCM (2 mL), 2-methoxybenzyl isothiocyanate (36 mg, 0.20 mmol, 1.0 eq.) was added. The resulting mixture was stirred at r.t. for 19 hours. The mixture was diluted with DCM (20 mL), washed with 10% aq. AcOH (2×5 mL) and with sat. aq. NaCl (1×5 mL). The org. layer was concentrated in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in DMF (1 mL). 1M aq. NaOH soln. (0.5 mL) was added. The mixture was stirred at r.t. for 7 hours. The solution was carefully neutralized with formic acid (0.5 mL), filtered, and purified by prep. HPLC (column: Waters X-bridge, 30×75 mm, 10 um, UV/MS, acidic conditions) to give the desired acid as a white solid.

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