Cesium carbonate → (5R)-5-(2,2-Dimethyl-4H-1,3-benzodioxin-6-yl)-3-{6-[2-({4-[(diphenylmethylene)amino]benzyl}oxy)ethoxy]hexyl}-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one

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A mixture of palladium (II) acetate (40 mg), racemic-2,2′-bis(diphenylphosphino)-1,1′-binaphthyl (166 mg) and cesium carbonate (811 mg) under nitrogen was treated with toluene (15 ml) and benzophenone imine (0.36 ml) followed by a solution of (5R)-3-(6-{2-[(4-bromobenzyl)oxy]ethoxy}hexyl)-5-(2,2-dimethyl4H-1,3-benzodioxin-6-yl)-1,3-oxazolidin-2-one (1.00 g) in toluene (10 ml). The stirred mixture was heated to 100° for 18 h. The mixture was cooled to 20°, dichloromethane (25 ml) was added and the mixture was filtered. The filtrate was evaporated in vacuo and the residue purified by chromatography on flash silica gel (30 mm diameter column). Elution with EtOAc-PE (3:2) gave the title compound (890 mg). LCMS RT=4.07 min.

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