Ethyl 3-chloro-3-oxopropionate → Ethyl 3-[(3-ethoxy-3-oxopropanoyl)(4-fluorophenyl)amino]-5-(4-fluorobenzyl)pyridine-2-carboxylate

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To a solution of ethyl 5-(4-fluorobenzyl)-3-[(4-fluorophenyl)amino]pyridine-2-carboxylate (456 mg, 1.24 mmol) in 1,2-dichloroethane was added ethyl 3-chloro-3-oxopropanoate (0.18 mL, 2.36 mmol) and the resulting yellow solution was refluxed for 1 hour or until determined complete by TLC (5% methanol/dichloromethane). The mixture was cooled to ambient temperature, quenched with water and extracted with dichloromethane. The organics were washed with saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate, brine, and dried over sodium sulfate to yield ethyl 3-[[3-(ethyloxy)-3-oxopropanoyl](4-fluorophenyl)amino]-5-[(4-fluorophenyl)methyl]-2-pyridinecarboxylate (477 mg, 80% yield) as mixture of rotamers. The yellow oil can be carried on without further purification or purified by silica gel chromatography (0-12% methanol/dichloromethane gradient elution). Spectral data was consistent with the expected product as mixture of rotamers. MS m/z 505 (M+23).

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