Cesium carbonate → tert-Butyl[5-chloro-4-(3-chloro-5-cyanophenoxy)-1H-1,2,3-benzotriazol-1-yl]acetate

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3-chloro-5-[(5-chloro-1H-1,2,3-benzotriazol-4-yl)oxy]benzonitrile (500 mg, 1.64 mmol) and cesium carbonate (534 mg, 1.64 mmol) were suspended in DMF (5 mL) under N2. To this was added tert-butyl bromoacetate (336 mg, 1.72 mmol) After 1 hour, the reaction was quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride (5 mL), diluted with water and the mixture extracted with ethyl acetate (2×25 mL). The combined organic fractions were washed with water (3×25 mL) and dried (MgSO4), filtered and the solvent was evaporated under reduced pressure. The resulting residue was purified by automated column chromatography on silica gel (40 g) eluting with 0-15% EtOAc/hexanes to give the title product. LRMS (M+1)=418.9.

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