Benzaldehyde → (+/-)-6-[4-(1-Benzyl-piperidin-3-yl)-phenoxy]-nicotinamide

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Reaction Steps

Combine 6-(4-Piperidin-3-yl-phenoxy)-nicotinamide (free base of compound of example 322) (0.0298 g, 0.101 mmol), benzaldehyde (0.0108 mL, 0.106 mmol), and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (0.0310 mg, 0.146 mmol) in acetonitrile (2.0 mL). Add methanol (0.5 mL) to dissolve insoluble starting material. Add benzaldehyde (0.0200 mL, 0.197 mmol) after 15 min. then stir for 4 h. Add sodium borohydride (0.0083 g, 0.219 mmol) and stir for 10 min., concentrate, and purify by silica gel chromatography (30:1 ethyl acetate:hexanes → 20:1 ethyl acetate:methanol) to provide 0.0223 g (57%) of the title compound as a white solid: mass spectrum (electrospray): m/z=388.2 (M+1); 1H NMR (CDCl3): 8.56 (d, 1H, J=2.4 Hz), 8.14 (dd, 1H, J=2.4, 8.8 Hz), 7.33-7.29 (m, 4H), 7.27-7.22 (m, 3H), 5.84 (s br, 2H), 3.57 (m, 2H), 3.06-2.83 (m, 3H), 2.10-1.90 (m, 4H), 1.80-1.70 (m, 2H), 1.50-1.37 (m, 1H).

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