Water → 2-(4-(3-cyclopentyloxy-4-difluoromethoxyphenyl)-4-cyanopiperidin-1-yl)acetic Acid Ethyl Ester

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To a solution of the compound prepared in example 1 (19.8 g) in N,N-dimethylformamide (53 ml) were added potassium carbonate (18.4 g) and ethyl bromoacetate (5.89 ml) and the mixture was stirred for 1.5 hours at 50° C. To the reaction mixture was added water (160 ml) and it was extracted by tert-butyl methyl ether (160 ml). The organic layer was washed by water (80 ml×2) and concentrated to give the title compound (23.4 g) having the following physical data.

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