Dimethylformamide → 4'-(4-Bromo-2-ethoxy-5-formylimidazol-1-ylmethyl)-3'-fluorobiphenyl-2-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester

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5-Bromo-2-ethoxy-3H-imidazole-4-carbaldehyde (15.0 g, 68.5 mmol), 4′-bromomethyl-3′-fluorobiphenyl-2-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (25.0 g, 68.5 mmol) and potassium carbonate (9.5 g, 68.5 mmol) were dissolved in DMF (958 mL, 12.4 mol) and was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours. The reaction was quenched with water, and the mixture extracted with EtOAc, washed with saturated aqueous NaCl, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The mixture was purified by silica gel chromatography (0-30% EtOAc:hexanes) to yield intermediate (15a) (25 g). MS m/z: [M+H+] calcd for C24H24BrFN2O4, 503.3; found 503.2. 1H-NMR (CDCl3): 9.57 (1H, s), 7.80 (1H, d), 7.48 (2H, m), 7.27 (1H, s), 7.11 (1H, t), 7.01 (2H, d), 5.47 (2H, s), 4.33 (2H, q), 1.41 (3H, t), 1.24 (9H, s).

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