6-Chloro-1,2,3,4-Tetrahydroisoquinoline Hydrochloride → N-[2-Chloro-4-(6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-1H-isoquinolin-2-yl)-6-trifluoromethyl-phenyl]-3,3-dimethyl-butanamide

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Bis(dibenzylidineacetone)palladium (2 mg, 0.0035 mmol) and (2′-dicyclohexyl phosphanyl-biphenyl-2-yl)-dimethylamine (3.3 mg, 0.0084 mmol) were added to dry toluene (10 mL purged with argon) and stirred for 15 minutes under argon. Potassium tert-butoxide (151 mg, 1.35 mmol), 6-chloro-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline hydrochloride (133 mg, 0.65 mmol) and N-(4-bromo-2-chloro-6-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-3,3-dimethylbutanamide (200 mg, 0.54 mmol) were then added and the reaction mixture was stirred at 90° C. overnight. The reaction mixture was then cooled to room temperature, concentrated and purified by thin layer chromatography (dichloromethane:methanol 5%) to afford the title compound as a solid.

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