Hydrochloric Acid → Methyl 4-(4'-amino-1,1'-biphenyl-4-yl)-2,2-dimethyl-4-oxobutanoate

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To a suspension of methyl 4-[4′-(formylamino)-1,1′-biphenyl-4-yl]-2,2-dimethyl-4-oxobutanoate (2.40 g, 7.07 mmol) in 20 mL methanol, was added 7 mL concentrated hydrochloric acid at below rt. The reaction mixture was stirred at rt overnight. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution was slowly added until pH >8.0. The aqueous layer was then extracted with methylene chloride (2×25 mL), and the combined organic layer was dried over sodium sulfate. The mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure to afford methyl 4-(4′-amino-1,1′-biphenyl-4-yl)-2,2-dimethyl-4-oxobutanoate as a light red solid (2.1 g, 95%). 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 7.96 (d, J=9 Hz, 2H), 7.60 (d, J=9 Hz, 2H), 7.46 (d, J=9 Hz, 2H), 6.76 (d, J=9 Hz, 2H), 3.85 (br s, 2H), 3.69 (s, 3H), 3.32 (s, 2H), 1.35 (s, 6H); ESI-MS m/z 312.4 (MH+); HRMS m/z calcd for MH+ 312.1594, found 312.1597.

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