Prepared according to the method described in Example 33a) from toluene (5 ml), aqueous sodium carbonate (2 M, 1 ml), (2R)-1-(4-bromophenoxy)-4-(3-pyridyl)-2-butanol (0.25 g), ethanol (1 ml), 3-trifluoromethylbenzeneboronic acid (0.161 g) and tetrakis(triphenylphosphine)palladium(0) (22 mg) with heating at reflux for 6 hours. The residue obtained after work-up was purified by column chromatography over silica eluting with ethyl acetate to give (2R)-1-(3'-trifluoromethylbiphenyl-4-yloxy)-4-(3-pyridyl)-2-butanol as a colourless oil (0.180 g). Conversion to the oxalate salt upon treatment with excess saturated ethereal oxalic acid gave the title compound as a hygroscopic gum. (0.150 g)
