1-Bromo-3-ethynylbenzene → (5R)-2-amino-5-(3-bromophenyl)-5-[4-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-3-methyl-3,5-dihydro-4H-imidazol-4-one

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Using essentially the same procedure described in Example 1, steps a-d, and employing 1-bromo-3-ethynylbenzene in step a, the racemic mixture of 2-amino-5-(3-bromophenyl)-5-[4-(difluoromethoxy)phenyl]-3-methyl-3,5-dihydro-4H-imidazol-4-one was obtained and separated by chiral chromatography technique (Chiralcel OJ, 2×25 cm, using 5% ethanol in 95% hexane and diethylamine as the mobile phase) to give the title enantiomer, MS m/e (M+H)+ 332; 1H NMR (400 MHz, DMSO-d6) 2.94 (s, 3H), 6.72 (brs, 2H), 7.1 (d, J=8.66 Hz, 2H), 7.13-7.35 (m, 2H), 7.38-7.43 (m, 4H), 7.56 (t, J=1.72 Hz, 1H); [a]25=−4 (C=1% in MeOH).

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