Methyl iodide → 3-(1-((3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-(methoxymethyl)benzyl)-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione

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To a solution of 3-(1-((3,5-dimethylisoxazol-4-yl)methyl)-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-1-(3-(hydroxymethyl)benzyl)-5,5-dimethylimidazolidine-2,4-dione (Example 12-34) (559 mg, 1.32 mmol) in anhydrous dimethylformamide (10 mL) at 0° C., was added sodium hydride (53 mg, 1.32 mmol), followed by iodomethane (99 ul, 1.58 mmol). The reaction was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for about 4 hours. The resulting mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate (40 mL) and ice water (10 mL), The organic phase was collected, dried over anhydrous MgSO4, filtered and then concentrated on the rotovap. The residue was purified by reverse phase HPLC (gradient 10% to 100% methanol/water) and further purified by column chromatography (60% EtOAc in hexane). Yield 36%, colorless gel. 1H NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz): δ1.29 (s, 6H), 2.14 (s, 3H), 2.40 (s, 3H), 3.25 (s, 3H), 4.37 (s, 2H), 4.55 (s, 2H), 5.18 (s, 2H), 7.19 (t, 1H) 7.30 (d, 2H), 7.32 (s, 1H), 7.82 (s, 1H) 8.20 (s, 1H). MS 438 (MH+). The title compound was shown to inhibit hT2R08 bitter receptor and had an IC50 of 0.13 μM.

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