Lithium Hexamethyldisilazide → N-(3-(2-(2-chloropyriMidin-4-yl)acetyl)-2-fluorophenyl)-2,6-difluorobenzenesulfonamide

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Methyl 3-{[(2,6-difluorophenyl)sulfonyl]amino}-2-fluorobenzoate (490 g, 1 equiv.), prepared generally in accordance with Step A, above, was dissolved in THF (2.45 L, 5 vols) and stirred and cooled to 0-3° C. 1M lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)amide in THF (5.25 L, 3.7 equiv.) solution was charged to the reaction mixture followed addition of 2-chloro-4-methylpyrimidine (238 g, 1.3 equiv.) in THF (2.45 L, 5 vols). The reaction was then stirred for 1 hr. The reaction was quenched with 4.5M HCl (3.92 L, 8 vols). The aqueous layer (bottom layer) was removed and discarded. The organic layer was concentrated under reduced pressure to ˜2 L. IPAC (isopropyl acetate) (2.45 L) was added to the reaction mixture which was then concentrated to ˜2 L. IPAC (0.5 L) and MTBE (2.45 L) was added and stirred overnight under N2. The solids were filtered. The solids and mother filtrate added back together and stirred for several hours. The solids were filtered and washed with MTBE (˜5 vol). The solids were placed in vacuum oven at 50° C. overnight. The solids were dried in vacuum oven at 30° C. over weekend to obtain N-{3-[(2-chloro-4-pyrimidinyl)acetyl]-2-fluorophenyl}-2,6-difluorobenzenesulfonamide (479 g, 72%).

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