N,N,N',N'-Tetramethylazodicarboxamide → Ethyl 2-(3-((5-(difluoromethyl)furan-2-yl)methyl)-2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)-4-methylthiazole-5-carboxylate

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To the solution of ethyl 4-methyl-2-(2-oxoimidazolidin-1-yl)thiazole-5-carboxylate (0.35 g, 1.37 mmol) and (5-(difluoromethyl)furan-2-yl)methanol (0.20 g, 1.37 mmol) in anhydrous tetrahydrofuran (10 mL) was added dropwise tributhylphosphine (0.51 mL, 2.06 mmol) at 0° C. The reaction mixture was stirred at 0° C. for 10 minutes and followed by the addition of 1,1′-azobis(N,N-dimethylformamide) (0.35 g, 2.06 mmol). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 18 hours, quenched with saturated aqueous ammonium chloride solution and extracted with ethyl acetate (4×20 mL). The organic solutions were combined, dried over anhydrous sodium sulphate, filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by column chromatography eluted with ethyl acetate/hexane (¼) to afford the title compound as a white solid in 53% yield (0.25 g): 1H NMR (300 MHz, CDCl3) δ 6.60-6.50 (m, 1H), 6.52 (t, JH-F=54.2 Hz, 1H), 6.37-6.29 (m, 1H), 4.45 (s, 2H), 4.21 (q, J=7.1 Hz, 2H), 4.09-3.98 (m, 2H), 3.60-3.49 (m, 2H), 2.54 (s, 3H), 1.27 (t, J=7.1 Hz, 3H); MS (ES+) m/z 386.3 (M+1).

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