Thionyl Chloride → (+/-)-N,N-diethyl-4-((alphaR*)-3-hydroxy-alpha-((2R*,5S*)-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)benzyl)benzamide

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4-(3-(tert-Butyldimethylsilyloxy)-α-hydroxybenzyl)-N,N-diethylbenzamide (Example 1, infra) was treated with thionyl chloride and trans-2,5-dimethylpiperazine as described in Example 5. The crude mixture of diastereomers was purified by chromatography on silica gel (Waters Prep 500) with dichloromethane:ethanol:triethylamine (100:0.25:0.1). The less mobile isomer (1.28 g, 2.5 mmol) was dissolved in acetonitrile and treated with tetraethylammonium fluoride hydrate (0.6 g, 4.0 mmol) as in Example 7 to give 0.46 g of (±)-N,N-diethyl-4-((αR*)-3-hydroxy-α-((2R*,5S*)-2,5-dimethyl-1-piperazinyl)benzyl)benzamide as a white solid, mp 175°-177° C.

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