Water → (+/-)-cis-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]-4-[[3-(2-furanylmethyl)-3H-imidazo-[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl]amino]-2-(phenylmethyl)piperidine

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A mixture of (±)-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]-2-(phenylmethyl)-4-piperidinone (4.29 g), 3-(2-furanylmethyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-amine (2.14 g) and titanium(IV)isopropoxide (3.41 g) in CH2Cl2 (5 ml) was stirred at RT for 3 hours. A mixture of sodium cyanoborohydride (0.628 g) in ethanol (5 ml) was added. The mixture was stirred at RT overnight. Water (5 ml) and CH2Cl2 (300 ml) were added. The mixture was stirred for 15 minutes. The biphasic mixture was dried, filtered and the filtrate was evaporated. The residue was purified by HPLC (eluent: 0.5% NH4OC(O)CH3 /CH3CN 40/60). Two desired fractions were collected and their solvent was evaporated. Each residue was dried and ground, yielding 1.22 g (19.4%) of (±)-cis-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]-4-[[3-(2-furanylmethyl)-3H-imidazo-[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl]amino]-2-(phenylmethyl)piperidine (comp. 112; mp. 108.7° C.) and 0.14 g (2.2%) of (±)-trans-1-[3,5-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl]-4-[[3-(2-furanylmethyl)-3H-imidazo[4,5-b]pyridin-2-yl]amino]-2-(phenylmethyl)piperidine (comp. 113; mp. 108.3° C.).

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