Trifluoroacetic acid → Rac-5-isobutylpiperidine-2,4-dione

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A mixture of rac-tert-butyl 5-isobutyl-2,4-dioxopiperidine-1-carboxylate (300 mg, 1.115 mmol), DCM (1 mL), and TFA (0.1 mL) was stirred at 25° C. for 2 h. The mixture was concentrated in vacuo and chromatographically purified (basic alumina, 40% EtOAc/petroleum ether) to afford rac-5-isobutylpiperidine-2,4-dione (85 mg, 45% yield) as a pale yellow solid: m/z (ESI, +ve) 170 (M+H)+.

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