Methyl bromoacetate → HCID 12012099, compound

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Scheme 1 shows a method by which the compounds of the present invention can be prepared, by illustrating the synthesis of Example 1, benzyl N-((1S)-1-(1H-4-imidazolylmethyl)-2-2-[(2-methyl-2-phenylpropyl)amino]-2-oxoethyl[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]amino-2-oxoethyl)carbamate. Reaction of (S)-α-methylbenzylamine with methyl bromoacetate was carried out in acetonitrile in the presence of dilsopropylethylamine as the base to give methyl-2-[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]aminoacetate. Methyl-2-[(1S)-1-phenylethyl]aminoacetate was then coupled to Cbz-His(trityl) in methylene chloride with HATU as coupling agent, and diisopropylethylamine as the base. The resulting product was saponified using lithium hydroxide at 0° C., followed by coupling with β,β-dimethylphenethylamine in methylene chloride, with HBTU as coupling agent, and diisopropylethylamine as the base. The trityl group was removed by treatment with 50% TFA in methylene chloride. The β,β-dimethylphenethylamine was prepared from benzyl cyanide, which was treated with 2 equivalents of sodium hydride in tetrahydrofuran (THF) and 2 equivalents of methyl iodide in THF followed by hydrogenation (H2, Pd/C, ammonia) and treatment with HCl to give the HCl salt.

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