Hydrochloric Acid → HCID 45380782, compound

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To a solution of 4-methyl-N-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]-5-[2-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-1H-pyrrole-3-carboxamide (28 g, 66 mmol) in anhydrous N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMA) (0.53 L) was added sodium tert-butoxide (15 g, 15 mmol) and stirred at room temperature for 30 min under N2. (4S,5S)-4,5-dimethyl-1,3,2-dioxathiolane 2,2-dioxide (15 g, 99 mmol) in anhydrous DMA (2.0 ml) was added to the solution and stirred at 70° C. for 2.0 h. The reaction mixture was cooled to room temperature and added 2N HCl (0.14 L) and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. To this residue was added anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (THF) (140 ml) and 5N HCl (0.14 L) and stirred at 60° C. for 90 min. The mixture was diluted with ethyl acetate and washed with water, saturated NaHCO3 and brine, then dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The resulting residue was purified by silica-gel column chromatography (9:1 to 1:1 dichloromethane:ethyl acetate) to give an atropisomeric mixture of title compound as a white solid (22.5 g, 69%).

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