Reaction Steps
A 4 mL vial was charged with crude (S)-1-(3-iodo-2-methylpropyl)-1H-quinolin-2-one (0.190 g), 4-propyloxypiperidine (0.137 g, 0.96 mmol) and dry CH3CN (2.5 mL). The mixture was shaken at 50° C. for 24 h and then purified by cation-exchange CC followed by flash CC (SiO2; EtOAc/MeOH 1:4) to give the title compound (0.051 g, 17%). 1H NMR (CD3OD) δ 7.85 (d, J=9.6 Hz), 7.70-7.63 (m, 2H), 7.60 (brt, J=7.8 Hz, 1H), 7.26 (brt, 7.6 Hz), 6.63 (d, J=9.6 Hz, 1H), 4.39-4.23 (m, 2H), 3.37 (t, J=6.6 Hz), 3.28-3.18 (m, 1H), 2.77-2.69 (m, 1H), 2.64-2.58 (m, 1H), 2.35 (dd, J=8.4, 12.0 Hz), 2.51-2.21 (m, 1H), 2.18 (dd, J=4.8, 12.0 Hz), 2.13-2.04 (m, 1H), 2.00-1.92 (m, 1H), 1.84-1.75 (m, 2H), 1.58-1.32 (m, 4H), 0.95-0.85 (m, 6H); 13C NMR (CD3OD) δ 163.7, 140.2, 139.5, 130.8, 129.2, 12.5, 121.4, 120.4, 115.2, 75.3, 69.5, 63.6, 52.3, 51.5, 46.8, 31.4, 31.3, 30.0, 23.1, 16.1, 9.8.