Sodium cyanoborohydride → HCID 178498770, compound

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A mixture of 6-(trans-4-tert-butylcyclohexyloxy)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-2-naphthaldehyde (300 mg, 0.8 mmol) and methyl azetidine-3-carboxylate (184 mg, 1.6 mmol, 2.0 equiv) in anhydrous ethanol (20 mL) was refluxed for 2 h. Then the solvent was removed in vacuo, fresh ethanol and NaBH3CN (150 mg, 2.4 mmol, 3.0 equiv) was added, the resulting mixture was refluxed for 1 h. The reaction mixture was concentrated and the residue was purified by chromatography with silica gel (dichloromethane:methanol 20:1) to give product methyl 1-((6-(trans-4-tert-butylcyclohexyloxy)-5-(trifluoromethyl)naphthalen-2-yl)methyl)azetidine-3-carboxylate as a white solid (150 mg, yield: 40%), ESI-MS: 477.3 (M+H)+. HPLC: 85.67% 1H NMR (400 MHz, CD3OD) δ: 8.09 (dd, 1H), 8.01 (d, 1H), 7.56 (s, 1H), 7.46-7.51 (m, 2H), 4.42 (m, 1H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.71 (s, 3H), 3.57 (t, 2H), 3.45 (t, 2H), 3.35-3.39 (m, 1H), 2.18 (d, 2H), 1.88 (d, 2H), 1.43-1.52 (q, 2H), 1.09-1.22 (m, 3H), 0.89 (s, 9H).

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