2,4-Dimethyl-oxazole-5-carbaldehyde → (4-Chloro-2-methoxy-3-(4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)quinolin-6-yl)(2,4-dimethyloxazol-5-yl)methanol

To a flask containing 6-bromo-4-chloro-2-methoxy-3-(4-(trifluoromethyl)benzyl)quinoline (1.5 g, 3.48 mmol, Intermediate 5: step d) was added THF (65 mL) and the solution was cooled to −70° C. n-BuLi (2.5 M in hexanes, 1.62 mL, 4.04 mmol) was then added dropwise. After 2 minutes, 2,4-dimethyloxazole-5-carbaldehyde (520 mg, 4.16 mmol in 3 mL THF) was introduced. After 25 minutes the reaction mixture was quenched with aqueous NH4Cl solution and the aqueous portion was extracted with EtOAc (5×40 mL). The combined organics were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4, filtered and concentrated to dryness. Chromatography on silica gel (10% CH3CN-DCM increasing to 30% CH3CN+1% MeOH) provided the title compound as a white amorphous solid.