Methyl bromoacetate → HCID 9934727, compound

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A solution of 150 mg (0.37 mmol) of the trans-isomer of (±)-2-(3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzyloxy)-3-phenyl morpholine (Example 4) and 0.18 mL (1.00 mmol) of N,N-diisopropyl-ethyl-amine in 2 mL of acetonitrile was treated with 0.095 mL (1.00 mmol) of methyl bromoacetate and the resulting solution was stirred at rt for 20 h. The solution was concentrated in vacuo and the residue was partitioned between 20 mL of ethyl acetate and 5 mL of 0.5N aqueous potassium hydrogen sulfate solution. The layers were separated; the organic layer was washed with 10 mL of saturated aqueous sodium chloride solution, dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo. Flash chromatography on 10 g of silica gel using 4:1 v/v hexanes/ether as the eluant afforded 164 mg (93%) of the trans-isomer of the title compound as an oil: 1H NMR 2.79 (dt, 1H, J=3.2, 11.2), 2.93 (dt, 1H, J=11.2, 1.6), 3.52 (d, 1H, J=7.2), 3.63 (s, 3H), 3.92 (dt, 1H, J=2.8, 11.6), 4.04 (ddd, 1H, J=11.6, 3.2, 1.6), 4.45 and 4.84 (AB q, 2H, J=13.2), 4.46 (d, 1H, J=7.2), 7.31-7.38 (m, 6H), 7.68 (s, 1H); IR (neat) 2861, 1744, 1455, 1375, 1346, 1278, 1170, 887, 759, 704, 682; FAB-MS 478(M+1)+.

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