Isopropanol → (S)-ethyl 3-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-3-(1-methyl-1H-imidazol-5-yl)propanoate

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Racemic compound 74.4 (680 mg, 2.5 mmol) was separated on a semi-preparatory chiral CHIRALCEL OJ-H column (30×250 mm), using 15% i-PrOH in hexane as eluant. Eluant containing the peak with less retention time was concentrated and compound 74.5 (300 mg, 1.1 mmol) was obtained as off-white solid. The absolute configuration was assigned by analogy to other GPR40 agonist compounds. MS ESI (pos.) m/e 275.2 (M+H).

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