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

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The 2-methoxy-2′-trifluoromethyl-[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-carboxylic acid of step C (1.6 g, 5.40 mmol) was added to a flask containing toluene (30 mL), thionyl chloride (1.4 mL) and one drop of N,N-dimethylformamide. The solution was stirred at 70° C. for 1 hour and then concentrated in vacuo. The residue was diluted with dichloromethane (40 mL) and to this solution was added 10,11-dihydro-5H-pyrrolo[2,1-c][1,4]benzodiazepine (0.94 9, 5.16 mmol). After the solution became homogeneous, N,N-diisopropylethyl amine (1.07 mL, 6.19 mmol) was added in one portion at 0° C. After 30 minutes the solution was concentrated, and the residue partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The ethyl acetate was dried and concentrated to give a crude oil, which was chromatographed on silica gel eluting with 30% ethyl acetate in hexane to yield 1.2 g of product. The solid was recrystallized from ethyl acetate/hexane to provide the desired title product (0.87 g) as colorless crystals, m.p. 146–148° C.

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