Hydrochloric Acid → (7RS,9aSR)-7-hydroxymethyl-2-(2-cyano4-fluorophenyl)-2,3,4,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazine

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A mixture of 1.05 g (6.17 mmol) of (7RS,9aSR)-7-hydroxymethyl-2,3,4,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazine (U.S. Pat. No. 5,326,874) and 1.29 g (9.25 mmol) of 2,5-difluorobenzonitrile in 20 mL of DMSO was heated at 100° C. for 16 h. The mixture was cooled to room temperature, acidified with 1M HCl, washed with ether (3×), made basic with conc. ammonium hydroxide, and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×). The combined organic layers were washed with water (3×), dried (magnesium sulfate), filtered and evaporated. Purification by silica gel MPLC with 90:10 chloroform:methanol gave 0.51 g of (7RS,9aSR)-7-hydroxymethyl-2-(2-cyano-4-fluorophenyl)-2,3,4,6,7,8,9,9a-octahydro-1H-pyrido[1,2-a]pyrazine.

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