Carbon tetrabromide → Ethyl 3-(5-(2-(bromomethyl)-3-isopropyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)picolinamido)propanoate

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Neat CBr4 (57 mg, 0.17 mmol) was added to a DCM solution (5 mL) of ethyl 3-(5-(2-(hydroxymethyl)-3-isopropyl-5-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)picolinamido)propanoate (75 mg, 0.17 mmol) and PPh3 (45 mg, 0.17 mmol) and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature. After 16 h the resulting mixture was concentrated and purified via column chromatography to yield the title compound.

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