Cyclohexanone → N-(1-Cyclohexyl-piperidin-4-yl)-N-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-acetamide

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N-(4-fluoro-phenyl)-N-piperidin-4-yl-acetamide (60 mg; 0.25 mmol; 1 eq.), see Example 6 for deprotection procedure, and cyclohexanone (29 mg; 0.30 mmol; 1.2 eq.) were dissolved in DCE (2 mL). NaBH(OAc)3 (108 mg; 0.51 mmol; 2 eq.) was added, and the reaction was stirred at room temperature for 72 hours and then quenched with 1N NaOH (5 mL). DCM (5 mL) was then added and the layers were separated. The aqueous layer was washed with DCM (10 mL) and the combined organic layers were dried over Na2SO4, filtered, and concentrated under reduced pressure. The crude residue was purified using reversed-phase HPLC (2-99% CH3CN/H2O gradient with 0.05% TFA). LC/MS M/Z 319.2, Retention time=1.88 minutes; 10-99% CH3CN/H2O gradient with 0.05% TFA.

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