Monomethyl terephthalate → Methyl 4-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)benzoate

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DIPEA (1.26 g, 9.7 mmol) was added to a stirred solution of terephthalic acid monomethyl ester (500 mg, 2.77 mmol) in DMF (3 mL) followed by HOBt (410 mg, 3.0 mmol) and EDCI (1.32 g, 7.0 mmol). After 2 minutes of stirring, pyrrolidine (215 mg, 3.0 mmol) was added and the resulting mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The reaction mixture was diluted with cold water, the precipitate was collected to afford 53 mg (81.9% Yield) of 4-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)-benzoic acid methyl ester. LiOH.H2O (285 mg, 6.8 mmol) was added to a solution of 4-(pyrrolidine-1-carbonyl)-benzoic acid methyl ester (530 mg, 2.27 mmol) in a mixture of methanol (2 mL), THF (6 mL) and H2O (2 mL). The reaction mixture was stirred at ambient temperature for 3 hrs. The reaction mixture was concentrated, the residue was diluted with water, and acidified with conc. HCl. The solid was filtered and dried to afford 41 mg (82.32% Yield).

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