Hydrochloric Acid → (S)-3-Methoxy-5-(2-methylpyrrolidin-1-YL)aniline

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To a suspension of (S)-1-(3-methoxy-5-nitrophenyl)-2-methylpyrrolidine (430 mg, 1.82 mmol) and Zinc (1.18 g, 18.2 mmol) in dioxane (20 mL) and H2O (10 mL) was added dropwise conc. HCl (1.8 mL) at room temperature, and the mixture was stirred for 2 h. The reaction mixture was filtered and the filtrate was adjusted to pH˜8 by the addition of solid NaHCO3, and then extracted with ethyl acetate (50 mL). The organic layer was dried with Na2SO4, concentrated and the residue was purified by column chromatography (petroleum ether:ethyl acetate=20:1) to afford (S)-3-methoxy-5-(2-methylpyrrolidin-1-yl)benzenamine (269 mg, 72%) as yellow oil. LC-MS: 207 [M+H]+, tR=1.193 min.

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