Cesium carbonate → Ethyl 2-methyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)-4-(2-oxo-4-phenylpyridin-1(2H)-yl)butanoate

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Ethyl 4-bromo-2-methyl-2-(methylsulfonyl)butanoate (25.02 g, 87.1 mmol) was added to a mixture of 4-phenylpyridin-2-ol (12.40 g, 72.43 mmol) and cesium carbonate (49.70 g, 152.5 mmol) in THF (150 mL). The reaction was stirred and heated at 60° C. overnight. The reaction was diluted with ethyl acetate (200 mL) and water (200 mL); the organics were separated and the aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×150 mL). The combined organics were dried (MgSO4), filtered, and concentrated to afford a crude solid. The crude was purified via flash chromatography using an Analogix SF65-400 g column and eluted with ethyl acetate in heptane (30-80%) to afford the title compound as a white solid (16.79 g, 61.4%). LC-MS m/z 378.6 (M+1). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CHLOROFORM-d) δ ppm 1.31 (t, J=7.12 Hz, 3H) 1.58 (s, 2H) 2.41-2.62 (m, 2H) 3.09 (s, 3H) 3.90-4.01 (m, 1H) 4.20-4.32 (m, 3H) 6.40-6.45 (m, 1H) 6.73 (d, J=1.56 Hz, 1H) 7.31 (d, J=7.03 Hz, 1H) 7.37-7.46 (m, 2H) 7.50-7.55 (m, 2H).

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