Trifluoroacetic acid → HCID 178526001, compound

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Trans-4-(4-trifluoromethylsulfanyl-phenylamino)-cyclohexanol (160 mg, 0.55 mmol, prepared in accordance with Example 29) was placed under an inert atmosphere and dissolved in dry tetrahydrofuran (2 mL). A molar solution of lithium bis(trimethylsilyl)-amide (1 mL, 1.0 mmol) was added. After 15 min, tert-butyl-bromoacetate (75 μL, 0.55 mmol) was added. After two additional hours, more lithium bis-(trimethylsilyl)-amide solution (500 μL, 0.50 mmol) and tert-butyl-bromoacetate (37 μL, 0.28 mmol) was added. After 4 hr, the mixture was diluted with diethylether (20 mL), washed with water (10 mL), and washed with saturated aqueous hydrogencarbonate (10 mL). The organic layer was collected, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum to afford an oil. This crude product was diluted in dichloromethane (4 mL) and treated with trifluoroacetic acid (3 mL) at room temperature. After 3 hr, the mixture was diluted with diethylether (20 mL) and washed with water (3×10 mL), and washed with aqueous saturated hydrogencarbonate (2×10 mL). The organic layer was collected, dried over magnesium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated under vacuum. The oily residue obtained was purified by column chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane followed by dichloromethane/methanol, 95:5). The desired product was isolated as a yellow solid (68 mg, 35% yield).

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