[3-(Quinolin-2-ylmethoxy)-phenyl]-methanol (300 mg, 1.13 mmol, example 48) is dissolved in DMF (6 mL) and sodium hydride (60%, 60 mg, 1.5 mmol) is added and allowed to stir 20 min. 2-Fluoro-6-(trifluoromethyl)benzaldehyde (0.30 mL, 2.2 mmol) is added and the reaction is heated at 90° C. for 5 h. The reaction is partitioned between ethyl acetate (200 mL) and water (200 mL), dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, concentrated in vacuo and purified by column chromatography (silica, 25% ethyl acetate in hexanes) to provide the title compound; MS (ESI) 438 (M+H)+.
