HCID 19025021, compound → HCID 19025015, compound

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Reaction Steps

5 g (19.3 mmol) of 2-(4-methyl-2-oxo-3-phenyl-3-pyrrolin-1-yl)isobutyric acid was dissolved in 50 ml of tetrahydrofuran, and a solution of 41 g (97 mmol) of 15% n-butyl lithium in n-hexane was dropwise added at 0° C. under a nitrogen stream. After completion of the dropwise addition, the mixture was stirred at room temperature for one day. The reaction solution was poured into ice water and extracted with ethyl acetate. The extract was treated by a conventional method, and the crude product thereby obtained was purified by column chromatography to obtain 2.7 g (yield: 47%) of the desired product having a melting point of from 87° to 89° C.

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