Potassium Carbonate → 4-(6-Fluoro-1,2-benzisoxazol-yl)-1-[3-(2,3-dihydro-1H-isoindol-2-yl)propyl]piperidine Difumarate

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A stirred mixture of 3-[4-(6-fluoro-1,2-benzisoxazol-3-yl)-1-piperidinyl]propyl amine (3.46 g, 12.5 mmol), K2CO3 (4 g, 29 mmol) and α,α'-dibromo-o-xylene (3.3 g, 12.5 mmol) in acetonitrile (300 ml) was heated at reflux for 3.5 hours. The mixture was cooled and the insolubles were filtered. The dark red solution was concentrated down to a dark oil. This oil was purified by flash chromatography over a silica gel column (SiO2, 45 g; eluted with dichloromethane and MeOH in dichloromethane). The product thus obtained weighed 1.95 g as an oil. This oil was dissolved in ethanol and was treated with a solution of fumaric acid (600 mg) in ethanol. The resulting crystals were collected as an off white solid and weighed 1.44 gm, m.p. 206-209° C.

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