Acetic Acid → 2-[methyl({4-[4-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)phenyl]tetrahydro-2H-pyran-4-yl}methyl)amino]ethanol

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A solution of methyl-{4-[4-(3-pyrrolidin-1-ylpropoxy)phenyl]-tetrahydropyran-4-ylmethyl}amine (350 mg, 1.05 mmol), glycolaldehyde dimer (130 mg, 1.05 mmol) and AcOH (0.15 ml, 2.1 mmol) in DCM (5 ml) was stirred at room temperature for 18 hours. Saturated aqueous sodium carbonate (10 ml) and DCM (10 ml) were added and the mixture was shaken and partitioned. The aqueous phase was extracted with DCM (2×10 ml) and the combined organics dried (K2CO3), filtered and concentrated in vacuo. The crude product was purified by flash chromatography on silica gel eluting with dichloromethane:methanol:ammonia (92:8:1) to provide the title compound as a clear colourless oil (223 mg, 0.59 mmol, 56%). 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3) δ 1.70-1.90 (m, 6H), 1.96 (s, 3H), 2.00 (quintet, 2H), 2.14 (m, 2H), 2.37 (t, 2H), 2.40-2.60 (m, 6H), 2.65 (t, 2H), 3.35 (t, 2H), 3.50 (m, 2H), 3.76 (m, 2H), 4.01 (t, 2H), 6.89 (d, 2H), 7.19 (d, 2H). HRMS ESI+ m/z 377.2796 [MH]+.

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