Triethylamine → 3-(2-methoxy-4-{2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-4-[(3,3,3-trifluoro-propylamino)-methyl]-thiazol-5-ylmethoxy}-phenyl)-4H-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-5-one

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To a suspension of 30 mg of 5-[3-methoxy-4-(5-oxo-4,5-dihydro-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-3-yl)-phenoxymethyl]-2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-thiazole-4-carbaldehyde in 1.5 mL of methanol were added 0.018 mL of triethylamine, 10 mg of 3,3,3-trifluoro-propylamine hydrochloride and 0.5 g of 4 Å powdered molecular sieves. The resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature for 1 h then 2.4 mg of sodium borohydride was added. After stirring at room temperature for 45 minutes, the reaction mixture was concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude product was purified by preparative thin layer chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane 90/methanol 10/water 1/acetic acid 1) followed by azeotropal removal of traces of acetic acid with cyclohexane to give 6.5 mg of 3-(2-methoxy-4-{2-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-4-[(3,3,3-trifluoro-propylamino)-methyl]-thiazol-5-ylmethoxy}-phenyl)-4H-[1,2,4]oxadiazol-5-one as a white solid.

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