Addition of KCN to 3-(2-hydroxyphenyl)propanal (I) produced 2-cyanochromane (II), which was further reduced to the aminomethyl chromane rac-(III) by catalytic hydrogenation. Resolution of this racemic amine by recrystallization of the diastereomeric salts with N-tosyl-L-proline furnished the required (R)-enantiomer (III). Alkylation of amine (III) with 3-(chloromethyl)-5-(4-fluorophenyl)pyridine (IV) in the presence of N-methylmorpholine yielded the target secondary amine.