Sodium t-butoxide → HCID 86684922, compound

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3-[4-(1-Methyl-1H-pyrazol-4-yl)-2-trifluoromethyl-phenylsulfanyl]-propionamide (16.3 g, 49.6 mmol) was dissolved in tetrahydrofuran (80 mL) before sodium tert-butoxide (4.7 g, 48.9 mmol) was added and the fine suspension was stirred for 2 h at room temperature. N,N-dimethylacetamide (40 mL) was added and the mixture was stirred for further 2.5 h at room temperature. A solution of benzenesulfonic acid (3S,5S)-5-(1-cyano-cyclopropylcarbamoyl)-1-(1-trifluoromethyl-cyclopropanecarbonyl)-pyrrolidin-3-yl ester (20 g, 42.4 mmol) in N,N-dimethylacetamide (40 mL) was added and the yellow, fine suspension was stirred for 42 h at room temperature. The mixture was diluted with water (240 mL) and extracted with tert-butyl methyl ether (1×160 mL, 3×80 mL). The combined organic extracts were washed with an aqueous sodium carbonate solution (1 M, 80 mL) and brine (80 mL), dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to yield the title compound as a light brown foam (27.1 g). The crude product (containing dimethylacetamide) was used in the next step without further purification. For characterization purposes, a 2 g sample of crude material was purified by column chromagraphy on silica gel (eluent: gradient ethyl acetate/heptane 4:1 (v/v) to ethyl acetate). Likewise, 1.7 g of purified material were obtained. MS (ESI & APCI): m/z=572.1 [M+H]+, 589.2 [M+NH4]+. 1H NMR (CDCl3, 600 MHz): δ 1.12-1.22 (m, 3H), 1.28-1.34 (m, 3H), 1.49-1.54 (m, 2H), 2.02 (ddd, J=5.6 Hz, 8.2 Hz, 13.6 Hz, 1H), 2.88 (ddd, J=5.7 Hz, 5.7 Hz, 13.7 Hz, 1H), 3.89-3.99 (m, 2H), 3.97 (s, 3H), 4.04-4.09 (m, 1H), 4.69 (dd, J=5.2 Hz, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.55 (d, J=8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.60 (bs, 1H), 7.62 (dd, J=1.8 Hz, 8.2 Hz, 1H), 7.69 (s, 1H), 7.77 (d, J=1.8 Hz, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H).

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