Potassium Carbonate → 4-Methyl-3-[3-[[1-methyl-1-[2-[2-[methyl[(phenylmethoxy)carbonyl]amino]ethoxy]phenyl]ethyl]amino]-2-oxo-1(2H)-pyrazinyl]-benzoic acid methyl ester

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To 3-[3-[[1-(2-Hydroxyphenyl)-1-methylethyl]amino]-2-oxo-1(2H)-pyrazinyl]-4-methyl-benzoic acid methyl ester (Example 220b, 2.495 g) in acetonitrile (150 mL) was added potassium carbonate (1.753 g) followed by benzyl 2-chloroethyl(methyl)carbamate (J. Med. Chem., 1992, 35 (17), 3246, 1.660 g) and the reaction heated at 85° C. for 72 h under nitrogen. Further benzyl 2-chloroethyl(methyl)carbamate (0.58 g) and potassium carbonate (0.35 g) were added and the reaction stirred for 2 days. The reaction mixture was cooled, evaporated to dryness and the residue partitioned between water and dichloromethane and the organic layer separated. The aqueous was further extracted with dichloromethane (2×) and the combined organics dried (Na2SO4) and evaporated. Purification (SiO2 chromatography eluting with 40-100% ethyl acetate) gave the subtitle product (1.97 g).

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