Sodium triacetoxyborohydride → (S)-N-(3,4-Dimethyl-phenyl)-2-(oxetan-3-ylamino)-2-phenyl-N-[2-(6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-ethyl]-acetamide

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To a solution of 25 mg (S)-2-Amino-N-(3,4-dimethyl-phenyl)-2-phenyl-N-[2-(6-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-3-yl)-ethyl]-acetamide (from example 1) in 1.5 ml dry CH2Cl2 under argon in a sealed tube was added 1.1 eq. oxetan-3-one. The reaction mixture was stirred at RT for 20 min, followed by the addition of 3.0 eq., Sodium triacetoxyborohydride and the reaction stirred for 16 h at RT. The reaction mixture diluted with 10 ml CH2Cl2 and washed with 2M aq. Na2CO3 2M, dried and concentrated then chromatographed on silica gel (EtOAc/Heptane, gradient elution) to give the desired compound. MS(m/e): 484.2 [M+H]+.

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