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Leander Moebius

Eckhard Hickmann

Heinz-Guenter Oeser

The present invention relates to a simplified process, which avoids organo-lithium intermediates, for the preparation of erythro-.alpha.-piperid-2-yl-2,8-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-quinolin-4-yl-metha nol, wherein 2,8-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-quinoline-4-carboxylic acid or a salt thereof is reacted with a pyrid-2-yl-magnesium halide to give pyrid-2-yl-2,8-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-quinolin-4-yl ketone in the manner of a Grignard reaction, and this product is hydrogenated, in a conventional manner, to give erythro-.alpha.-piperid-2-yl-2,8-bis-(trifluoromethyl)-quinolin-4-yl-metha nol.

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