Triethylamine → 7-{[2-Chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]carbonyl}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine

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5,6,7,8-Tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine (0.099 g, 0.804 mmol) was suspended in dichloromethane (DCM) (8 ml). Triethylamine (0.123 mL, 0.884 mmol) and 2-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)benzoyl chloride (0.195 g, 0.804 mmol) were added and the mixture was stirred at room temperature for 5 hours. The reaction mixture was concentrated in vacuo, the residue dissolved in 1:1 DMSO/MeOH and purified by mass-directed automated preparative HPLC. Product fractions were concentrated in vacuo to yield an orange gum. This was partitioned between DCM (10 ml) and saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate (4 ml) and the organic layer separated. This was concentrated in vacuo to yield 7-{[2-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl]carbonyl}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroimidazo[1,2-a]pyrazine (0.131 g, 0.397 mmol, 49.4% yield) as a yellow gum.

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