Ethyl bromoacetate → ethyl[6-(5-{3-cyano-4-[(1-methylethyl)oxy]phenyl}-1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl)-5-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2(1H)-isoquinolinyl]acetate

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A mixture of 2-[(1-methylethyl)oxy]-5-[3-(5-methyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6-isoquinolinyl)-1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl]benzonitrile trifluoroacetic acid salt (Example 11; 100 mg, 0.20 mmol), ethyl bromoacetate (44 mg, 30 μl, 0.26 mmol) and caesium carbonate (200 mg, 0.61 mmol) in dry DMF (3 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 1 hour. The reaction mixture was diluted with water (10 ml) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×5 ml). The combined extracts were dried and evaporated. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with 10% ethyl acetate in cyclohexane gave the title compound as a colourless oil (85 mg). MS m/z 461 [MH]+.

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