Chloride → 4-(4-Fluorophenyl)-5-(4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-2-[[3-(3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-4-methoxy-2H-pyran-4-yl)phenoxy)methyl]oxazole

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A solution containing 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-hydroxymethyl-5-[4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl]oxazole from Step 3 (169 mg, 0.487 mmol) in 20 mL of dichloromethane was stirred at 25° C. as triethylamine (136 μL, 0.974 mmol) was added dropwise, followed by the addition of mechanesulfonyl chloride (56 μL, 0.730 mmol). The reaction was stirred for 5 minutes, after which the organic solution was washed with 1N HCl, dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give a yellow oil which was characterized as the expected mesylate by its NMR spectrum: 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 400 MHz) δ 3.08 (s, 3H), 3.17 (s, 3H), 5.37 (s, 2H), 7.12 (t, 2H, J=8.8 Hz), 7.58 (m, 2H), 7.78 (d, 2H, J=8.8 Hz) and 7.94 (d, 2H, J=8.8 Hz). This material was used without further purification. The mesylate was dissolved in 20 mL of DMF and potassium carbonate (81 mg, 0.584 mmol) was added, followed by the addition of 4-(3-hydroxyphenyl)-4-methoxy-3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2H-pyran (122 mg, 0.584 mmol). The reaction was stirred at 25° C. for 3 days and poured into 100 mL of water. The aqueous solution was extracted with ethyl acetate and the combined extracts were dried over sodium sulfate and concentrated in vacuo to give a beige solid. This material was purified by flash chromatography on a silica gel column using 50% ethyl acetate/hexane as the eluent to give 4-(4-fluorophenyl)-5-(4-(methylsulfonyl)phenyl)-2-[[3-(3,4,5,6-tetrahydro-4-methoxy-2H-pyran-4-yl)phenoxy)methyl]oxazole (185 mg, 71%) as a white crystalline solid: 1H-NMR (CDCl3, 300 MHz) δ 1.90–2.05 (m, 4H), 2.97 (s, 3H), 3.08 (s, 3H), 3.81 (m, 4H), 5.25 (s, 2H), 6.98–7.17 (m, 5H), 7.33 (t, 1H, J=7.7 Hz), 7.60 (m, 2H), 7.78 (d, 2H, J=8.5 Hz) and 7.93 (d, 2H, J=8.5 Hz). 19F-NMR (CDCl3, 280 MHz) δ −111.6. LRMS m/z 544 (M+Li). HRMS Calc'd. for C29H28NO6FS: 544.1781 (M+Li). Found: 544.1831 (M+Li).

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