Cesium carbonate → 4-{[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-4-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-3-(3-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-4-cyano-5-(2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-amino}-3-methoxy-benzoic acid acetoxymethyl ester

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A portion of this iodomethyl acetate (661 mg, 3.31 mmol) was added to a suspension of chiral 4-((2R,3S,4R,5S)-3-(3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-4-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-4-cyano-5-neopentylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamido)-3-methoxybenzoic acid (200.1 mg, 0.325 mmol) and cesium carbonate (964.4 mg, 2.93 mmol) in dimethylformamide (8 mL) and the reaction was stirred in the dark overnight. It was then taken up in ethyl acetate, washed with water and brine, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate and concentrated. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography (hexane/ethyl acetate, 80/20 to 10/90) to give chiral-4-{[(2R,3S,4R,5S)-4-(4-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-3-(3-chloro-2-fluoro-phenyl)-4-cyano-5-(2,2-dimethyl-propyl)-pyrrolidine-2-carbonyl]-amino}-3-methoxy-benzoic acid acetoxymethyl ester as a white solid (42.8 mg, 19% yield). MS (ES+) m/z calcd. for C34H34Cl2F2N3O6: [(M+H)+]: 688, found: 688

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