Hydrochloric Acid → 2-(4-Chloro-2-{[2-fluoro-5-(propylsulfonyl)phenyl]ethynyl}phenoxy)propanoic acid

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A solution of methyl 2-(2-bromo-4-chlorophenoxy)propanoate (Intermediate 263 ; 130 mg; 0.44 mmol), 2-ethynyl-1-fluoro-4-(propane-1-sulfonyl)-benzene (Intermediate 109 ; 110 mg; 0.49 mmol), bis(triphenylphosphine)palladium (II) chloride (9.3 mg; 0.01 mmol), triphenylphosphine (23.2 mg; 0.09 mmol) and cuprous iodide (2.5 mg; 0.01 mmol) in TEA (985 μl) was degassed with nitrogen. The reaction mixture was heated overnight at 80° C., diluted with EtOAc and washed with sat. ammonium chloride solution and brine. The organic phase was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to dryness affording a dark brown sticky solid, which was purified by flash column chromatography (silica), eluting with cyclohexane containing increasing amounts of EtOAc. The intermediate thus obtained was dissolved in a mixture of dioxane (2.6 ml) and water (2.6 ml) and treated with a 4 N solution of HCl in dioxane (1.33 ml). After heating at 100° C. for 16 hours, water was added and the reaction mixture was extracted 3 times with EtOAC. The organic phase was dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to dryness affording a yellow sticky solid, which was triturated in diethylether/pentane to afford the title compound as a white solid.

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