Potassium Carbonate → (+)-Ethyl 5-{(tert-butoxycarbonyl)[2-(2-{[4-(5-methyl-1,3-benzoxazol-2-yl)benzyl]oxy}-phenyl)-ethyl]amino}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-2-carboxylate

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5 g (11.35 mmol) of ethyl 5-{(tert-butoxycarbonyl)[2-(2-hydroxyphenyl)ethyl]amino}-5,6,7,8-tetrahydroquinoline-2-carboxylate, 3.51 g (13.62 mmol) of 2-[4-(chloromethyl)phenyl]-5-methyl-1,3-benzoxazole and 3.92 g (28.37 mmol) of potassium carbonate in 50 ml of acetonitrile were heated to 110° C. and stirred at this temperature overnight. After cooling, the reaction mixture was filtered, the filter cake was washed repeatedly with acetonitrile and the combined filtrates were concentrated to dryness on a rotary evaporator. The residue obtained was purified chromatographically on silica gel (mobile phase: cyclohexane/ethyl acetate 4:1→2:1). This gave 6.59 g (9.96 mmol, 87% of theory) of the target compound.

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