Example 73
To a 50-mL round-bottom flask was placed a solution of [(1r,3r)-3-(3-phenyl-1,2-oxazole-5-amido)cyclobutyl]methyl 4-methylbenzene-1-sulfonate (560 mg, 1.31 mmol, 1.00 equiv) in DMF (10 mL), then 4-hydroxybenzonitrile (235 mg, 1.97 mmol, 1.50 equiv) and Cs2CO3 (643 mg, 1.97 mmol, 1.50 equiv) were added. The resulting solution was stirred for 2 h at 110° C., then diluted by the addition of water, and extracted with EtOAc. The organic extracts were combined, was washed with H2O, dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, and concentrated under reduced pressure. This residue was purified by Prep-HPLC (Waters: Column, X Bridge Prep C18 5 um, 19*150 mm; mobile phase, water with 0.03% TFA and CH3CN (10.0% CH3CN up to 30% CH3CN in 6 min, up to 100% in 5 min and down to 10% in 2 min); Detector, uv 254 nm and 220 nm) affording 129.9 mg (87%) of 3-phenyl-N-[(1r,3r)-3-(4-cyanophenoxymethyl)cyclobutyl]-1,2-oxazole-5-carboxamide as a white solid. LCMS-PH-PTS (ES, m/z): [M+H]+=374.1. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO-d6): δ 9.32-9.30 (d, J=7.5 Hz, 1H), 7.94-7.91 (m, 2H), 7.78-7.76 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 7.63 (s, 1H), 7.55-7.54 (m, 3H), 7.15-7.12 (m, J=8.7 Hz, 2H), 4.63-4.55 (m, 1H), 4.19-4.17 (d, J=6.9 Hz, 2H), 2.72-2.66 (m, 1H), 2.40-2.30 (m, 2H), 2.24-2.18 (m, 2H). Purity (HPLC, 254 nm): 97.3%.