Acetyl chloride → Ammonia

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Acetyl chloride (0.018 ml) was added to a solution of (2S)-1-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-N2-2-[(cis)-2,6-dimethyl-1piperazinyl]ethyl-2-piperidinecarboxamide (0.1 g) [see Example 8] and potassium carbonate (36 mg) in acetonitrile (2 ml). The reaction mixture was stirred at room temperature for 2 hours, after which time the solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue partitioned between ethyl acetate and water. The organic layer was separated, dried over magnesium sulphate and the solvent removed under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by column chromatography on silica gel eluting with a solvent gradient of 97:3.5:0.5 changing to 97:3:1, by volume, dichloromethane:methanol:0.88 aqueous ammonia solution (93:7:1), to afford (2S)-N2-2-[(cis)-4-acetyl-2,6dimethyl-1-piperazinyl]ethyl-1-(1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)-2-piperidinecarboxamide (91.6 mg) as a white foam.

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