Cesium carbonate → HCID 69201094, compound

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A suspension of 1-(4-fluorophenyl)-3-[2-(4-fluorophenylthio)ethyl]-4-(4-hydroxyphenyl)azetidin-2-one (Method 13; 0.800 g, 1.944 mmol), t-butyl bromoacetate (0.32 ml, 2.17 mmol) and caesium carbonate (0.700 g, 2.15 mmol) in MeCN (15 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was partitioned between water (20 ml) and DCM (20 ml). The water layer was extracted once more with DCM (10 ml) and the combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over magnesium sulphate and concentrated. The residue was purified by flash chromatography using heptane:EtOAc (4:1) as eluent The title compound was obtained as a colourless oil (0.884 g; 87%). NMR (400 MHz) 1.45 (s, 9H), 2.00-2.30 (m, 2H), 2.90-3.10 (m, 2H), 3.15-3.25 (m, 1H), 4.50 (s, 2H), 4.60 (d, 1H), 6.85-7.00 (m, 6H), 7.15-7.35 (m, 6H); m/z: 526.2.

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