Acetic Acid → [1-(4-Fluoro-benzylamino)-cyclopentyl]-acetic acid methyl ester

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A solution of (1-amino-cyclopentyl)-acetic acid methyl ester (318 mg, 2.02 mmol) in anhydrous methanol (10 mL) was treated with 4-fluoro-benzaldehyde (0.27 mL, 2.56 mmol) and stirred at 25° C. under a nitrogen environment. After 10 min, glacial acetic acid (0.384 mL, 6.71 mmol) and sodium triacetoxyborohydride (1.1 g, 5.05 mmol) were added sequentially, and the resulting mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 18 h. The reaction was diluted with a saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate solution (20 mL) and extracted with ethyl acetate (3×20 mL). The combined organic layers were washed with brine (20 mL), dried over sodium sulfate, filtered, and concentrated in vacuo to give [1-(4-fluoro-benzylamino)-cyclopentyl]-acetic acid methyl ester (270 mg, 50%) as a colorless oil. LC-MS (ESI) calculated for C15H20FNO2: 265.3, found 266.2 [M+H+].

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