Diisopropylcarbodiimide → N-{(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-[2-(4-methoxy-phenylamino)-ethylcarbamoyl]-methyl}-3-methyl-benzamide

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4-Fluoro-phenyl glycine 1 (20 mg, 0.12 mmol) was dissolved in H2O (1 mL) containing equimolar amounts of NaOH (5 mg, 0.12 mmol). The solution was cooled to 0° C., then m-toluoyl chloride (16 μL, 0.12 mmol) was added dropwise under vigorous stirring. The mixture was allowed to warm to room temperature and stirred for approx. 12 h. After acidification with 1 M HCl (1 mL), the product was extracted from the reaction mixture with DCM (4 mL). The organic layer was separated and the solvent was removed in vacuo to yield (4-Fluoro-phenyl)-(3-methyl-benzoylamino)-acetic acid 2 (34 mg, 0.12 mmol, quant.) as a white solid: 1H-NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD) δ=7.67–7.08 (m, 8H), 5.66 (s, 1H), 2.38 (s, 3H). MS calcd. for C16H15FNO3 (M+H+) 288.10. found 288.4. Step B: (4-Fluoro-phenyl)-(3-methyl-benzoylamino)-acetic acid 2 (34 mg, 0.12 mmol) was dissolved in DCM (2 mL), HOBt (20 mg, 0.14 mmol) and DIC (23 μL, 0.14 mmol) were added and the solution was stirred for 10 min at room temperature. N-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-ethane-1,2-diamine (24 mg, 0.14 mmol) was added and the solution was stirred for 3 h at room temperature. The solvent was removed in vacuo, and the remainder was purified by reverse HPLC to afford N-{(4-Fluoro-phenyl)-[2-(4-methoxy-phenylamino)-ethylcarbamoyl]-methyl}-3-methyl-benzamide 3 (19 mg, 0.04 mmol, 36%) as a white solid:

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