Acetic Acid → HCID 67358208, compound

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2-Methoxy-6-methylsulfanyl-N-(4-oxo-tetrahydro-pyran-3-yl)-4-trifluoromethyl-benzamide (intermediate C, 300 mg, 0.83 mmol) was dissolved in 5 mL tetrahydrofurane. Acetic acid (86 mg, 1.4 mmol) and pyrrolidine (70 mg, 0.99 mmol) were added and the reaction mixture was stirred 1 h at room temperature. Sodium triacetoxyborohydride (209 mg, 0.99 mmol) was added and stirring was continued at room temperature overnight. The mixture was extracted with 2N sodium carbonate solution and ethyl acetate. The combined organic phases were dried on sodium sulfate, filtered and evaporated. Purification of the residue by flash chromatography on silica gel (dichloromethane/methanol/ammonia 100:0:0→140:10:1) yielded cis-2-methoxy-6-methylsulfanyl-N-((3RS,4RS)-4-pyrrolidin-1-yl-tetrahydro-pyran-3-yl)-4-trifluoromethyl-benzamide as a light brown solid (80 mg, 40%), MS: m/e=419.1 [(M+H)] and trans-2-methoxy-6-methylsulfanyl-N-((3RS,4SR)-4-pyrrolidin-1-yl-tetrahydro-pyran-3-yl)-4-trifluoromethyl-benzamide as a light brown solid (25 mg, 12%), MS: m/e=419.1 [(M+H)+].

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