Sodium cyanoborohydride → 6-Fluoro-8-{4-[1-(8-fluoroquinolin-7-yl)piperidin-4-yl]piperazin-1-yl}quinoline

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To a solution of 1-(8-fluoroquinolin-7-yl)piperidin-4-one (Step 1, 0.25 g) and 6-fluoro-8-(1-piperazinyl)quinoline (Example B, Step 3; 0.25 g) in anhydrous methanol (10 mL) was added sodium cyanoborohydride (0.11 g). The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. An additional aliquot of sodium cyanoborohydride (0.10 g) was added and stirring at room temperature was continued for another 24 hours. The reaction mixture was poured into brine and extracted with ethyl acetate. The combined organic layers were dried over anhydrous Na2SO4, filtered and concentrated on a rotary evaporator. The crude product was isolated by flash chromatography on silica gel using hexane/acetone to give the desired product as a off-white solid, which was converted to its trihydrochloride salt in CH2Cl2/Et2O diethyl ether using 1M HCl/Et2O to provide 0.11 g as a yellow solid; MS (ES) m/z (relative intensity): 460 (M+H)+ (100).

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