Ammonium Chloride → HCID 178423967, compound

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Reaction Steps

To sodium methoxide (30 wt % in methanol, 8 mg, 0.05 mmol) was added a solution of (R)-benzyl 2-cyanopyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (189 mg, 0.82 mmol) in methanol (1 mL) at room temperature and the reaction mixture was stirred for one hour. Ammonium chloride (44 mg, 0.82 mmol) was introduced and the stirring was continued for an additional two hours, followed by the addition of methyl 5,5-dimethyl-2-oxocyclohexanecarboxylate (100 mg, 0.54 mmol) and sodium methoxide (30 wt % in methanol, 293 mg, 1.63 mmol). The stirring was continued for two more hours. The reaction mixture was quenched with water (10 mL), neutralized with 1 N hydrochloric acid and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×10 mL). The combined extract was washed with water (20 mL) and brine, dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, concentrated and purified by gradient flash chromatography (25% to 95% ethyl acetate in hexane) to give phenylmethyl(2R)-2-(4-hydroxy-6,6-dimethyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinazolin-2-yl)pyrrolidine-1-carboxylate (186 mg, 90%). MS (EI) for C22H27N3O3: 381 (MH+).

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