Acetic Acid → (R)-1-butyl-4-[2-(4,4-diethylcyclohexyl)-4-(3-methoxypyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]piperazine

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To a mixture of the crude product of (R)-1-[2-(4,4-diethylcyclohexyl)-4-(3-methoxypyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]piperazine produced in Example (98b) (160 mg), butyraldehyde (0.052 mL, 0.584 mmol) and tetrahydrofuran (7 mL) were added sodium triacetoxyborohydride (164 mg, 0.774 mmol) and acetic acid (0.022 mL, 0.384 mmol) in that order, followed by stirring for 1 hour at room temperature. Ethyl acetate and saturated aqueous solution of sodium hydrogencarbonate were added to the reaction mixture and extraction was performed with ethyl acetate. The separated organic layer was washed with brine and then dried over anhydrous sodium sulfate. The desiccant was filtered off and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure. The resultant residue was purified by NH silica gel column chromatography (ethyl acetate/hexane) to give 170 mg of (R)-1-butyl-4-[2-(4,4-diethylcyclohexyl)-4-(3-methoxypyrrolidin-1-yl)phenyl]piperazine as a light brown oil.

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