Diisopropylethylamine → (10,11-Dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepin-10-yl)-(2'-methoxy-2-methyl-[1,1'-biphenyl]-4-yl)-methanone

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The 2-methyl-2′-methoxy-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-carboxylic acid of Step B (0.50 g, 2.06 mmol) was suspended in thionyl chloride (3 mL) and the mixture heated at reflux for 30 minutes. After cooling, the thionyl chloride was removed in vacuo. The residue was dissolved in toluene and concentrated in vacuo to give the crude acid chloride as a brown oil. The acid chloride was then dissolved in dichloromethane (5 mL) and slowly added to a solution of 10,11-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine (0.57 g, 3.10 mmol) and N,N-diisopropylethyl amine (0.79 mL, 4.53 mmol) in dichloromethane (15 mL). After stirring for 1 hour, the reaction was quenched with water. The organic layer was washed with 1 N hydrochloric acid, 1 N sodium hydroxide and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow foam. Purification by flash chromatography on silica gel using a solvent gradient of 15 to 25% ethyl acetate in hexane yielded a white foam which crystallized upon sonication with ethanol/hexane to give 0.42 g of the desired title product as a white solid, m.p. 133-135° C.

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