Diisopropylethylamine → 1-[4-(4-Nitro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-piperidin-1-yl]-4-[4-(4-trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-butan-1-one

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4-[4-(4-Trifluoromethyl-phenyl)-piperazin-1-yl]-butyric acid lithium salt (18 mg; 0.05 mmol, prepared in accordance with Example 3), diisopropylethyl amine (19 μL; 0.11 mmol) and tetramethyl-O-(1H-benzotriazol-1-yl)uronium hexafluorophosphate (21 mg; 0.05 mmol) are diluted in a 2 to 1 mixture of dimethylformamide and tetrahydrofuran (1.5 mL) and the resulting solution is stirred for 5 minutes. A solution of 4-(4-nitro-3-trifluoromethyl-phenoxy)-piperidine hydrochloride (18 mg; 0.05 mmol, prepared in accordance with Example 44) in dimethylformamide (0.5 mL) is added and the reaction is then stirred for 3 hours at room temperature. Following dilution with dichloromethane (10 mL), the organic layer is sequentially washed with water (5 mL), aq. sat. sodium hydrogen carbonate (3×5 mL), is dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. The residue obtained is finally purified by preparative HPLC to deliver the desired product in pure form (20 mg; 0.03 mmol). The structure was confirmed using Protocol I-C. Calculated mass=589; observed mass=589; HPLC retention time=3.08 min.

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