Pyridine → 1-Chloroethyl morpholine-4-carboxylate

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In a manner similar to the method described in Example 3, 1-chloroethyl chloroformate (2.64 g, 2 mL, 18.5 mmol) was reacted with morpholine (1.69 g, 1.7 mL, 19.4 mmol) and pyridine (1.68 g, 1.72 mL, 21.2 mmol) in methylene chloride (25 mL) at room temperature overnight to give the crude product, 1-chloroethyl morpholine-4-carboxylate. A portion of 1-chloroethyl morpholine-4-carboxylate (670.1 mg, 3.46 mmol) was then reacted with 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 (200.5 mg, 0.325 mmol) in the presence of cesium carbonate (1.094 g, 3.36 mmol) in dimethylformamide (7 mL) overnight to give, 1-(4-((2R,3S,4R,5S)-3-(3-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-4-(4-chloro-2-fluorophenyl)-4-cyano-5-neopentylpyrrolidine-2-carboxamido)-3-methoxybenzoyloxy)ethyl morpholine-4-carboxylate as an off-white solid (186.5 mg, 74% yield). MS (ES+) m/z calcd. for C38H41Cl2F2N4O7: [(M+H)+]: 773, found: 773

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