1-Ethyl-3-(3'-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide → cis-4-[2-(3,5-Bis-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-acetylamino]-6,7-dimethoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-quinoline-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester

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To a solution of cis-4-amino-6,7-dimethoxy-2-methyl-3,4-dihydro-2H-quinoline-1-carboxylic acid ethyl ester (150 mg, 0.50 mmol) and 3,5-bis-trifluoromethylphenylacetic acid (138 mg, 0.51 mmol) in 1.5 ml anhydrous dichloromethane was added 1-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-3-ethylcarbodiimide (192 mg, 0.66 mmol) and the resulting solution was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with 50 ml ethyl acetate and was washed with 0.1N HCl (2×10 mL), 0.1N NaOH (2×10 mL) and brine (1×10 mL). The organic phase was dried (MgSO4), filtered and concentrated, and the the residue was chromatographed using 20:1 hexanes:ethyl acetate. The title compound crystallized out of the combined fractions (129 mg, 46%). Me 157-9° C.; MS m/z 549 (M+ +1); 1H NMR (CDCl3) δ 1.07 (d, 3H), 7.70-7.78 (m, 3H).

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