(3SR,4RS)-1-benzyl-3-(4-chloro-phenyl)-4-nitro-pyrrolidine → 1-Benzyl-4-(4-chlorophenyl)pyrrolidin-3-amine

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Titanium (IV) chloride (0.36 g, 1.89 mmol) was added drop wise to a suspension of zinc powder (0.25 g, 3.78 mmol) in THF (3 ml). This solution was heated at 68° C. for one hour, then cooled to RT before rac-(3R,4S)-1-benzyl-3-(4-chloro-phenyl)-4-nitro-pyrrolidine (0.20 g, 0.63 mmol) in THF (2 ml) was added. The reaction mixture was then stirred at reflux over night. The reaction was cooled to RT, diluted with 300 ml of Et2O, washed with an aqueous solution of NaHCO3 and the organic phases were dried over Na2SO4. Flash chromatography (SiO2, CH2Cl2/MeOH, 9:1) yielded 0.10 g (57%) of rac-(3S,4R)-1-benzyl-4-(4-chloro-phenyl)-pyrrolidin-3-ylamine as a light yellow oil.

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