Trifluoroacetic acid → 3-(3,4-Difluorophenyl)-3-methoxypyrrolidine

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Preparation according to preparation 15. Tert-butyl-3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-3-methoxypyrrolidin-1-carboxylate (2.65 g, 8.46 mmol), dichloromethane (20 ml) and trifluoroacetic acid (5 ml). Purification on a Biotage Isolute SCX-3 SPE column (washed with methanol and eluted with methanol/triethylamine, 4:1) gave the title compound (1.15 g, 63%). The amine was converted to the oxalic acid salt and recrystallized from methanol/diethyl ether: M.p. 155-156° C. MS m/z (rel. intensity, 70 eV) 198 (46), 183 (79), 171 (bp), 141 (53), 113 (41).

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