Acetic Acid → HCID 18542812, compound

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To a suspension of 3-[3-[N-[4-(1-t-butoxycarbonylpiperidin-4-yloxy)phenyl]amino]-1-(E)-propenyl]benzonitrile (1000 mg) and paraformaldehyde (138 mg) in dichloromethane (20 ml) were added acetic acid (0.26 ml) and sodium cyanoborohydride (144 mg) in an ice bath. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight and then methanol (20 ml) was added. The resulting mixture was stirred at 30° C. for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was partitioned between water and ethyl acetate. The extract was washed with brine, dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate and then concentrated in vacuo. The residue was purified by chromatography on a silica gel column using hexane/ethyl acetate=3/2 as an eluant to give the desired compound (761 mg, yield 74%) as a yellow oil.

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