Ethyl nipecotate (I) was protected as the tert-butyl carbamate (II) upon treatment with Boc2O in THF. The lithium enolate of ester (II) was then sulfenylated with the disulfide (IV), prepared by oxidation of 4-fluorothiophenol (III), yielding thioether (V). This was further oxidized to the corresponding sulfone (VI) using meta-chloroperbenzoic acid. Acid cleavage of the Boc protecting group of (VI) gave piperidine (VII), which was converted to the N-cyclopropyl amine (IX) by reductive alkylation with [(1-ethoxycyclopropyl)oxy]trimethylsilane (VIII) in the presence of NaBH3CN. Displacement of the aryl fluoride of (IX) with 4-(trifluoromethoxy)phenol (X) under basic conditions afforded the diaryl ether (XI). After saponification of the ester group of (XI), the resultant carboxylic acid (XII) was coupled to O-(tetrahydropyranyl)hydroxylamine by means of EDC to produce the protected hydroxamate (XIII). Finally, removal of the tetrahydropyranyl protecting group of (XIII) with HCl in dioxan afforded the title compound.