Acetic Acid → HCID 58573285, compound

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A mixture of (2S,3R)-3-(3-chlorophenyl)-2-(4-chlorophenyl)hex-5-en-2-amine (Example 418, Step D) (270 mg, 0.843 mmol), acetic acid (0.243 mL, 4.22 mmol), acetone (3.10 mL, 42.2 mmol) and sodium cyanoborohydride (0.442 mL, 8.43 mmol) in methanol (4 mL) was heated to 65° C. overnight. After sixteen hours, an additional ten equivalents of sodium cyanoborohydride were added and heating continued for another five hours then equilibrated to room temperature and concentrated under reduced pressure. The concentrate was partitioned between aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and ethyl acetate. The aqueous layer was extracted again with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were washed with brine, dried over MgSO4 and concentrated to afford a yellow oil. The crude product was adsorbed onto silica and purified by chromatography (24 g RediSep® pre-packed silica gel column (Teledyne Isco, Lincoln, Nebr.)) eluting with 30 to 100% ethyl acetate gradient in hexane. Fractions containing product were combined and concentrated to afford the title compound as a colorless glass.

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