Reaction Steps
To Intermediate B2 (30 mg, 0.044 mmol) was added THF (2 mL), water (0.1 mL), tribasic potassium phosphate (45.3 mg, 0.213 mmol), methyl 3-[4-methoxy-3-(4,4,5,5-tetramethyl-1,3,2-dioxaborolan-2-yl)phenyl]propanoate (51.3 mg, 0.16 mmol) (Intermediate H), palladium(II) acetate (1.2 mg, 5.34 mmol), and 1,1′-bis(di-tert-butylphosphino)ferrocene (2.53 mg, 5.34 μmol). The system was flushed with nitrogen gas and was heated at 62° C. overnight. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate:hexanes (1:2, 10 mL) and was partitioned with water (10 mL). The organic was dried over sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated. The crude product was purified by reverse phase HPLC to yield methyl 3-[2′-{(1R,5S,7aS)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]-3-oxotetrahydro-1H-pyrrolo[1,2-c][1,3]oxazol-5-yl}-6-methoxy-4′-(trifluoromethyl)biphenyl-3-yl]propanoate (27 mg, 0.04 mmol). 1H NMR indicated that this compound exists as a pair of rotamers at 1.2:1 ratio. 1H NMR (500 MHz, CDCl3) δ7.87 (s, 1H), 7.81 (s, 2H), 7.75 (s, 1H, major rotamer), 7.73 (s, 1H, minor rotamer) 7.6 (m, 1H) 6.8-7.3 (m, 4H), 6.06 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H, major rotamer), 6.06 (d, J=7.9 Hz, 1H, major rotamer), 6.01 (d, 1H, minor rotamer), 5.12 (m, 1H, major rotamer), 4.98 (m, 1H, minor rotamer), 4.1 (m, 1H), 3.84 (s, 3H, major rotamer), 3.68 (s, 3H), 3.67 (s, 3H) 3.62 (s, 3H, minor rotamer), 2.9 (m, 2H), 2.6 (m, 2H), 0.9-1.7 (m, 4H). MS ESI calc'd. for C32H27F9NO5 [M+H]+ 676.2, found 676.4. RTA (95% HS): 296 nM
