Ethyl Acetate → (1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-{3-[3-(4-hydroxy-4-methyl-piperidin-1-yl)-pyrazin-2-yl]-azetidin-1-yl}-methanone

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To a solution of 1-{3-[1-(1H-benzoimidazole-2-carbonyl)-azetidin-3-yl]-pyrazin-2-yl}-piperidin-4-one (150 mg, 0.40 mol, SCHEME 13, Ex. 13.1) in 20 mL of THF was added CH3MgBr (0.60 mol, 3 M in ether) dropwise at 0° C. The mixture was stirred for 1 h at RT and then quenched with saturated aqueous NH4Cl. The resulting mixture was extracted with EtOAc (2×20 mL) and the combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated to give crude product which was purified by prep. TLC (EtOAc:Petrol ether=1:1) to give (1H-benzoimidazol-2-yl)-{3-[3-(4-hydroxy-4-methyl-piperidin-1-yl)-pyrazin-2-yl]-azetidin-1-yl}-methanone (0.109 g, 0.28 mmol, 70% yield) as a white solid.

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