(5R,6S)-5-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-(4-chlorophenyl)piperidin-2-one → HCID 178517874, compound

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A 100 mL round-bottomed flask was placed under vacuum and heated with a heat gun to ensure dryness. The flask was allowed to cool to room temperature and a solution of 500 mg (1.56 mmol) of (5R,6S)-5-(3-chlorophenyl)-6-(4-chlorophenyl)piperidin-2-one (Example 1, Step E) in THF (12 mL) under argon was added and cooled to 0° C. Butyllithium (1.6M in hexanes, 2440 μL, 3.90 mmol) was added followed by 5-chloromethyl-1H-tetrazole (185 mg, 1.561 mmol) and the reaction mixture was stirred for 15 minutes at 0° C. The reaction was quenched with saturated ammonium chloride solution and extracted with ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was acidified with 1M HCl. The aqueous layer was extracted with ethyl acetate (2×30 mL) and the combined organic layers were washed with sat. aq. NaCl solution, dried over sodium sulfate, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue was purified by reversed phase preparatory HPLC (column: Gemini-NX C18 5 μm column; Phenomonex, Torrance, Calif.; eluent: 0 to 100% MeCN+0.1% TFA in water+0.1% TFA, over 25 minutes) to afford the title compound.

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