Ammonium formate → Tert-butyl 4-[(1-hydroxycyclohexyl)[4-hydroxy-3-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]acetyl}piperazine-1-carboxylate

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A mixture of tert-Butyl 4-[[4-(benzyloxy)-3-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl](1-hydroxycyclohexyl)acetyl]piperazine-1-carboxylate (1.7 g, 2.87 mmol) (See Example 268, Step 5), ammonium formate (0.95 g, 15.0 mmol), and a catalytic amount of palladium on carbon was heated at 50° C. for 1 hr in methanol (25 mL). At the end of this time the solution was concentrated and the residue taken up in ethyl acetate and filtered through a plug of silica gel eluting with 30% ethyl acetate:hexane. The filtrate was concentrated to afford 1.02 g of tert-butyl 4-[(1-hydroxycyclohexyl)[4-hydroxy-3-(trifluoromethoxy)phenyl]acetyl}piperazine-1-carboxylate. MS (ESI) m/z 503; HRMS: calcd for C24H33F3N2O6+H+, 503.23635; found (ESI, [M+H]+), 503.2343.

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