Ethyl formate → 1-Ethyl-3-phenyl-5-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4-piperidinone

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An 11.5 g. portion of 1-phenyl-3-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-propanone was reacted with ethyl formate and ethylamine hydrochloride as described in Examples 1-3 to produce 6.8 g. of 1-ethyl-3-phenyl-5-(3-trifluoromethylphenyl)-4(1H)-pyridinone, which was reduced with 2 g. of lithium aluminum hydride as described above. After column chromatography as described in the examples above, the products of Examples 27 and 28 were recovered as a mixture. Mass spectroscopy of the mixture showed a molecular weight of 345, and the yield was 1.2 g. The molecular weight of the product of Example 29 was indicated as 347 by mass spectroscopy, yield 1.9 g.

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