Acetic Acid → 4-[3-[3-(4-Fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxypropyl]-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)4-oxoazetidin-1-yl]benzonitrile

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3.5 g of 4-[3-[3-(tert-butyldimethylsilanyloxy)-3-(4-fluorophenyl)propyl]-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxoazetidin-1-yl]benzonitrile are dissolved in 65 ml of tetrahydrofuran, 0.74 ml of acetic acid and 8.03 ml of a 1 M solution of tetrabutylammonium fluoride in tetrahydrofuran are added and the mixture is stirred at room temperature for 2 h. Another 4.82 ml of the tetrabutylammonium fluoride solution are then added, and stirring is continued at reflux temperature for another 3 h. The cooled reaction mixture is concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue is purified by silica gel chromatography using n-heptane/ethyl acetate 2/1. This gives 4-[3-[3-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-hydroxypropyl]-2-(4-methoxyphenyl)-4-oxoazetidin-1-yl]benzonitrile of molecular weight 430.48 (C26H23FN2O3); MS (ESI): 431.24 (M+H+).

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