Potassium Carbonate → 4-Chloro-7-(((2R,6R)-2-methyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)morpholino)methyl)quinoline-2-carbonitrile

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(2R,6R)-2-Methyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)morpholine hydrochloride (4-6, 500 mg, 2.432 mmol) and K2CO3 (739 mg, 5.35 mmol) were combined in CH3CN (10 ml) at rt. To this was added 7-(bromomethyl)-4-chloroquinoline-2-carbonitrile (2-4, 753 mg, 2.68 mmol) all at once as a solid then the mixture was heated to 60° C. overnight. The mixture was cooled to rt, diluted with H2O, and extracted with EtOAc (3×). The combined organic layers were filtered through a pad of Celite washing with EtOAc then concentrated. The crude product was subjected to silica gel chromatography (50 g, 0-10% EtOAc/hexanes, 15 minute gradient) to afford 4-chloro-7-(((2R,6R)-2-methyl-6-(trifluoromethyl)morpholino)methyl)quinoline-2-carbonitrile (4-7, 859, 96%) as a white foam. 1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): δ 8.26 (d, J=8.7 Hz, 1H); 8.11 (s, 1H); 7.83 (dd, J=8.6, 1.6 Hz, 1H); 7.78 (s, 1H); 4.09-4.01 (m, 1H); 3.79 (m, 3H); 2.90 (d, J=10.9 Hz, 1H); 2.73 (d, J=11.4 Hz, 1H); 2.28-2.17 (m, 1H); 2.03-1.92 (m, 1H); 1.20 (d, J=6.2 Hz, 3H).

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