2,3-Bis(4-chlorophenyl)butane-2,3-diamine

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of meso-2,3-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-butanediamine (70 mg, 0.226 mmol, example 1) and triethylamine (62 uL, 0.226 mmol) in 2 mL of dichloromethane was reacted with 0.225 mmol of 4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzoyl chloride (prepared from the reaction of 0.225 mmol of 4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzoic acid and 0.34 mmol of oxalyl chloride) for 30 min at room temperature. The mixture was partitioned between 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dichloromethane. The dichloromethane extract was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude amide mixture. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1) provided 20 mg of N-[2-amino-1,2-bis-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-propyl]-4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzamide. The intermediate was refluxed under argon with 0.5 mg of toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate and 7 mL of toluene for 3.5 h, then cooled, taken up in ethyl acetate and washed successively with saturated sodium bicarbonate, water and brine. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate, followed by ethyl acetate-methanol (95:5) provided 9.5 mg of rac-(4S*,5R*)-4,5-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-phenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole. LR-MS: 495.0 [(M+H)+] The mixture was partitioned between 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dichloromethane The dichloromethane extract was washed with water dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate filtered concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude amide mixture Purification by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1)

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of meso-2,3-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-butanediamine (70 mg, 0.226 mmol, example 1) and triethylamine (62 uL, 0.226 mmol) in 2 mL of dichloromethane was reacted with 0.225 mmol of 4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzoyl chloride (prepared from the reaction of 0.225 mmol of 4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzoic acid and 0.34 mmol of oxalyl chloride) for 30 min at room temperature. The mixture was partitioned between 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dichloromethane. The dichloromethane extract was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude amide mixture. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1) provided 20 mg of N-[2-amino-1,2-bis-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-propyl]-4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzamide. The intermediate was refluxed under argon with 0.5 mg of toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate and 7 mL of toluene for 3.5 h, then cooled, taken up in ethyl acetate and washed successively with saturated sodium bicarbonate, water and brine. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate, followed by ethyl acetate-methanol (95:5) provided 9.5 mg of rac-(4S*,5R*)-4,5-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-phenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole. LR-MS: 495.0 [(M+H)+] The mixture was partitioned between 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dichloromethane The dichloromethane extract was washed with water dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate filtered concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude amide mixture Purification by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1)

Conditions: temp:0.00; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: A mixture of meso-2,3-bis-(4-chlorophenyl)-2,3-butanediamine (70 mg, 0.226 mmol, example 1) and triethylamine (62 uL, 0.226 mmol) in 2 mL of dichloromethane was reacted with 0.225 mmol of 4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzoyl chloride (prepared from the reaction of 0.225 mmol of 4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzoic acid and 0.34 mmol of oxalyl chloride) for 30 min at room temperature. The mixture was partitioned between 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dichloromethane. The dichloromethane extract was washed with water, dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered and concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude amide mixture. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1) provided 20 mg of N-[2-amino-1,2-bis-(4-chloro-phenyl)-1-methyl-propyl]-4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-benzamide. The intermediate was refluxed under argon with 0.5 mg of toluenesulfonic acid monohydrate and 7 mL of toluene for 3.5 h, then cooled, taken up in ethyl acetate and washed successively with saturated sodium bicarbonate, water and brine. The ethyl acetate layer was dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. Purification by chromatography on silica gel, eluting with ethyl acetate, followed by ethyl acetate-methanol (95:5) provided 9.5 mg of rac-(4S*,5R*)-4,5-bis(4-chlorophenyl)-2-(4-(tert-butyl)-2-ethoxy-phenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole. LR-MS: 495.0 [(M+H)+] The mixture was partitioned between 10% sodium bicarbonate solution and dichloromethane The dichloromethane extract was washed with water dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate filtered concentrated under reduced pressure to give the crude amide mixture Purification by chromatography on silica gel eluting with hexane-ethyl acetate (3:1)

Conditions: temp:65.01; pressure:0.00; stir:; See reaction.notes.procedure_details.

Procedure: The title compound was prepared using the procedure described by Ishihara, M. and Togo, H. Synlett 2006, 2, 227-230 and ibid Tetrahedron 2007, 63,1474-1480. Iodine (172 mg, 0.68 mg) was dissolved in tert-butanol (20 mL) and potassium carbonate (300 mg, 2.2 mmol) was added. 2,4-Dimethoxy-5-formylpyrimidine (100 mg, 0.6 mmol, Frontier) and (rac)-2,3-Bis(4-chloro-phenyl)-butane-2,3-diamine (200 mg, 0.65 mmol) was added to the mixture. This was warmed to 65° C. for 2 h. This was cooled, diluted with ethyl ether (50 mL) and filtered through Celite. After evaporating to dryness, the residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, eluting with 2-5% methanol/methylene chloride) to give rac-5-[(4S*,5R*)-4,5-bis-(4-chloro-phenyl)-4,5-dimethyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-2,4-dimethoxy-pyrimidine. The title compound was prepared This was cooled filtered through Celite After evaporating to dryness the residue was purified by flash column chromatography (silica gel, eluting with 2-5% methanol/methylene chloride)