Efficient One-Pot Synthesis of the GABAB Positive Allosteric Modulator (R,S)-5,7-Di-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-3-trifluoromethyl-3H-benzofuran-2-one

Abstract The GABAB positive allosteric modulator (R,S)-5,7-di-tert-butyl-3-hydroxy-3-trifluoromethyl-3H-benzofuran-2-one (1) was synthesized in one pot from the anhydrous lithium salt of 2,4-di-tert-butylphenol and methyl trifluoropyruvate mediated by a stoichiometric amount of anhydrous gallium(III) chloride in 64% overall yield. The enantiomers of 1 were separated by chiral-phase HPLC (Chiralpak AD®), and the absolute configuration was determined by X-ray crystallography.

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