Dimethyl Sulfoxide → 4-(1-(2-(Dimethylamino)ethyl)-4-(4-fluoro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl)piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester

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Combine a solution of 4-[4-(4-fluoro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-1H-imidazol-2-yl]-piperidine-1-carboxylic acid tert-butyl ester (25.00 g; 1.00 equiv; 60.47 mmol) in DMSO (200.00 mL; 2.82 mol) with KOH (powder) (9.98 g; 151.18 mmol) and heat the mixture to 45° C. To this solution, add 2-chloro-N,N-dimethylethanamine hydrochloride (10.45 g; 1.20 equiv; 72.57 mmol). Stir the mixture at 45° C. for 3 h. Pour the mixture into ice-water, stir at RT and extract with EA. Wash the organic layer with water (3×) and brine; dry over MgSO4, filter and concentrate in vacuo to give the title compound (28.00 g; 57.79 mmol; 95.56%) as a yellow oil and use without further purification. 1H NMR (300 MHz, DMSO): 8.04-8.00 (m, 2H), 7.74 (s, 1H), 7.46 (t, J=9.9 Hz, 1H), 4.06-3.99 (m, 4H), 3.03-2.93 (m, 3H), 2.57 (t, J=6.3 Hz, 2H), 2.19 (s, 6H), 1.81-1.77 (m, 2H), 1.70-1.55 (m, 2H), 1.42 (s, 9H).

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