4-Dimethylaminobutylamine → 2'-(2-Phenoxy-ethylsulfanylmethyl)-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (4-dimethylamino-butyl)-amide

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2′-(2-Phenoxy-ethylsulfanylmethyl)-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (4-dimethylamino-butyl)-amide was synthesized as described for 4′-(2-phenoxy-ethylsulfanylmethyl)-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (3-dimethylamino-propyl)-amide. 2′-(2-Phenoxy-ethylsulfanylmethyl)-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (0.50 g, 1.37 mmol, 1 eq.) in anhydrous THF was treated with 1,1-carbonyldiimiidazole (0.23g, 1.40 mmol, 1.02 eq.) followed by 4-dimethylaminobutylamine (0.19 g, 1.64 mmol, 1.2 eq.) as described. When complete, the reaction was worked up leaving a yellow oil. The oil was purified via silica gel flash chromatography using 10% 2M NH3 in methanol in chloroform as the mobile phase. Fractions containing the product were pooled and the solvent removed in vacuo leaving 2′-(2-phenoxy-ethylsulfanylmethyl)-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (4-dimethylamino-butyl)-amide (0.31 g, 49% yield). The free base was converted to the oxalate salt by adding oxalic acid (0.07g, 1. 1 eq.) in EtOAc dropwise to an EtOAc solution of the free base. 2′-(2-Phenoxy-ethylsulfanylmethyl)-biphenyl-3-carboxylic acid (4-dimethylamino-butyl)-amide oxalate (0.28 g) was collected by filtration as a white solid.

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