3,5-Di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzoic acid (I) was converted to amide (III) via activation as the acyl imidazole (II) followed by treatment with aqueous ammonia. Subsequent condensation of (III) with ethyl 4-chloroacetoacetate (IV) produced oxazole (V). Basic hydrolysis of the ethyl ester of (V) yielded carboxylic acid (VI), which was reduced to alcohol (VII) with borane in THF. Treatment of (VII) with methanesulfonyl chloride and triethylamine generated mesylate (VIII). This was coupled with 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (IX), yielding ether (X). Finally, reductive condensation of (X) with ethyl methylamine in the presence of NaBH3CN furnished the corresponding tertiary amine.