Hydrochloric Acid → Hydrochloric Acid

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(R)-3-[(S)-(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)phenylmethyl]pyrrolidine-1-carboxylic acid t-butyl ester (14.0 g, 33.1 mmol) was dissolved in EtOH (100 mL, 2 mol). Into the mixture was added an HCl solution prepared by the slow addition of acetyl chloride (23.6 mL, 331 mmol) into EtOH (50 mL, 860 mmol) at 0° C. The mixture was stirred at room temperature overnight. The solvent was removed by rotary evaporation, EtOAc (200 mL) was added, followed by removal of most of the solvent. EtOAc (50 mL) was added, the solution was heated to 75° C. for 15 minutes, cooled to room temperature, filtered and dried to yield (R)-3-[(S)-(3,5-dichlorophenoxy)phenylmethyl]pyrrolidine as an HCl salt (10.5 g, >99% purity).

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