Dimethylformamide → 5-bromo-6-chloro-N-(4-(1,1-difluoroethoxy)phenyl)nicotinamide

Participants

Reaction Steps

Oxalyl chloride (653 μL, 7.46 mmol) was added to a mixture of 5-bromo-6-chloronicotinic acid (1.2 g, 4.97 mmol) and DMF (20 μL, 0.258 mmol) in DCM (40 mL) under nitrogen atmosphere and the RM was stirred for 2 h at RT. The solvent was evaporated, the residue was dissolved in DCM (10 mL) and evaporated again to dryness. The residue was dissolved in THF (30 mL), DIPEA (1.737 mL, 9.95 mmol) was added and the RM was cooled down to −15° C. 4-(1,1-difluoroethoxy)aniline (Stage 30.3, 0.932 g, 5.22 mmol) in THF (10 mL) was added dropwise in 15 min. period and the RM was stirred for 1 h at RT. The solvent was evaporated off under reduced pressure and the residue was diluted with EtOAc (100 mL), treated with citric acid 10% (60 mL) and extracted with EtOAc. The combined extracts were washed with sat. aq. Na2CO3 (50 mL) and brine (2×50 mL), dried over Na2SO4 and the solvent was evaporated off under reduced pressure to give the crude product which was suspended in n-hexane, filtered and dried to give the title product as a beige solid. HPLC (Condition 5) tR=7.3 min, UPLC-MS (Condition 3) tR=1.16 min, m/z=391/393 [M+H]+.

Provenance & Evidence