5-Chloro-2-methylaniline → 2-bromo-5-[(4-chloro-phenyl)-5-chloro-2-methyl-phenylamino]-1-isopropyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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Ms2O (3.6 g, 20.9 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of 2-bromo-5-[(4-chlorophenyl)-hydroxy-methyl]-1-isopropyl-1H-imidazole-4-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (intermediate B; 4.2 g, 20.9 mmol) and TEA (5.3 g, 52.0 mmol) in DCM (80 mL) at 5° C. and the reaction mixture was stirred at 5° C. for 15 min. 5-Chloro-2-methyl aniline (2.2 g, 15.7 mmol) was then added. The reaction mixture was allowed to reach rt in 45 min and stirred at rt for 2 h. The reaction mixture was diluted in DCM/water, extracted twice with DCM and the combined organic extracts were washed with brine, dried (Na2SO4) and concentrated. The crude was purified by flash chromatography (silica gel, EtOAc/hexanes 2:8) to afford the title compound as a white foam; ESI-MS: 526.2 [M+H]+ (LC-MS 2); 1H-NMR (DMSO-d6, 400 MHz) δ ppm 1.15 (dd, J=9.97, 4.11 Hz, 2 H) 1.15 (s, 1 H) 1.24 (t, J=7.23 Hz, 3 H) 1.45 (d, J=7.04 Hz, 3 H) 2.17 (s, 3 H) 4.24 (quin, J=6.74 Hz, 2 H) 4.83-5.04 (m, 1 H) 5.92 (d, J=5.47 Hz, 1 H) 6.47 (bs, 1 H) 6.63 (dd, J=7.82, 1.95 Hz, 1H) 6.79 (bs, 1H) 7.04 (d, J=8.21 Hz, 1 H) 7.26 (m, J=8.60 Hz, 2 H) 7.43 (m, J=8.60 Hz, 2 H).

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