Ammonium Chloride → 1-[5-(2-Bromophenyl)-1,5-dioxopentyl]pyrrolidine

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To 1ml of pyrrolidine is added with stirring 0.100g (0.35 mmol) of the product of Example 3, and 5 mg of NH4Cl. The combined reagents were stirred in a sealed tube for 16 hours at room temperature. After this time, an additional 1 ml of pyrrolidine and 5 mg of NH4Cl was added and the reaction mixture was stirred an additional 16 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was flash chromatographed. Elution with diethyl ether produced 0.13 g of the titled product, which was used without further purification.

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