Triethylamine → Rac-2-cyclopentyloxy-2-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-n-pyridin-2-yl-acetamide

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A solution of rac-cyclopentyloxy-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-acetic acid (from Example 1, 50 mg, 0.17 mmol) and triethylamine (0.07 mL, 0.52 mmol) in toluene (5 mL), previously cooled to 0° C. was treated with 2,4,6-trichlorobenzoyl chloride (0.03 mL, 0.19 mmol) and the mixture was stirred at 0° C. After 1 h, 2-aminopyridine (20 mg, 0.21 mmol) and 4-dimethylaminopyridine (5 mg, 0.035 mmol) were added and the stirring was continued for 1 h at 0° C. The reaction was checked for completion, then it was diluted with water (10 mL) and extracted with dichloromethane (3×10 mL). The combined organic extracts were dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The product was purified by chromatography (Biotage Flash 12M column, 80/20 hexanes/ethyl acetate) to give rac-2-cyclopentyloxy-2-(3,4-dichloro-phenyl)-N-pyridin-2-yl-acetamide (48 mg, 76% yield) as a white foam: EI-HRMS m/e calculated for C18H18N2O2Cl2 (M+) 364.0745, found 364.0746.

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